Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, (1865-1936) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ALEXANDRE GLAZOUNOW"), IN IDIOSYNCRATIC FRENCH, TO JULES MASSENET ("TRÈS HONORÉ MONSIEUR!") a charming letter providing him with information concerning Russian choruses, describing four by Mussorgsky, including Josué ('a true masterpiece [trans.]'), seven by Cui, and three choral fragments from the unfinished opera Rogdana by Dargomïzhsky ("Its spirit is very poetical and the musical ideas contain a great deal of freshness") suggesting that, should those not content him, he might resort to choruses taken from operas, warning him that the Russian texts of the choruses he has mentioned have not yet been translated into French; in a postscript, Glazunov informs him that Borodin's quartet has recently appeared in a transcription for four hands, published by Büttner ("...Tous les quatre coeurs [sic] [of Mussorgsky] méritent une grande attention, surtout le premier, qui est un vrai chef-d'oeuvre de l'autheur...") 3 pages, 8vo (21 x 13.5cm), later pencil note to first page ("Addressed to Jules Massenet From the estate of Massenet"), no place, 28 November 1886, corner of second leaf folded down
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, (1865-1936) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("ALEXANDRE GLAZOUNOW"), IN IDIOSYNCRATIC FRENCH, TO JULES MASSENET ("TRÈS HONORÉ MONSIEUR!") a charming letter providing him with information concerning Russian choruses, describing four by Mussorgsky, including Josué ('a true masterpiece [trans.]'), seven by Cui, and three choral fragments from the unfinished opera Rogdana by Dargomïzhsky ("Its spirit is very poetical and the musical ideas contain a great deal of freshness") suggesting that, should those not content him, he might resort to choruses taken from operas, warning him that the Russian texts of the choruses he has mentioned have not yet been translated into French; in a postscript, Glazunov informs him that Borodin's quartet has recently appeared in a transcription for four hands, published by Büttner ("...Tous les quatre coeurs [sic] [of Mussorgsky] méritent une grande attention, surtout le premier, qui est un vrai chef-d'oeuvre de l'autheur...") 3 pages, 8vo (21 x 13.5cm), later pencil note to first page ("Addressed to Jules Massenet From the estate of Massenet"), no place, 28 November 1886, corner of second leaf folded down
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