Odilon REDON (1840-1916). L.A.S., July 19, 1909, to a singer friend; 1 pages in-12 (mourning card). Redon, a music lover, responds to an invitation to a party. He thanks his friend for her charming visit with Desjardins to "our imaginary patient", his son Arï Redon, who touched him very much; "Naturally Arï has nothing and is well". He thinks of the "pleasure you promised us of making us hear some fragment of BERLIOZ. In rereading his notes, I see in his catalog: Irlande, recueil de morceaux de chant, op. 2; Les Nuits d'été 6 morceaux chant op. 6; Fleurs des Landes 5 morceaux de chant op. 13; Feuillets d'album 3 morceaux de chant op. 19. In which of these collections are found the few measures that I sometimes hum with delight..."... Whatever the chosen piece, he will be delighted: "on Thursday, therefore, a little of this French music, in the intimacy...
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€400 - €500
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€1,300
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25%
Odilon REDON (1840-1916). L.A.S., July 19, 1909, to a singer friend; 1 pages in-12 (mourning card).
Redon, a music lover, responds to an invitation to a party. He thanks his friend for her charming visit with Desjardins to "our imaginary patient", his son Arï Redon, who touched him very much; "Naturally Arï has nothing and is well". He thinks of the "pleasure you promised us of making us hear some fragment of BERLIOZ. In rereading his notes, I see in his catalog: Irlande, recueil de morceaux de chant, op. 2; Les Nuits d'été 6 morceaux chant op. 6; Fleurs des Landes 5 morceaux de chant op. 13; Feuillets d'album 3 morceaux de chant op. 19. In which of these collections are found the few measures that I sometimes hum with delight..."... Whatever the chosen piece, he will be delighted: "on Thursday, therefore, a little of this French music, in the intimacy...
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