Berlioz, Hector AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("H. BERLIOZ"), TO THE LIBRETTIST EUGENE SCRIBE ("MON CHER COLLABORATEUR"), ABOUT THE UNFINISHED OPERA LA NONNE SANGLANTE, 23 JUNE [1841] enclosing a manuscript of the first act (not included) which Scribe may keep, as it has been copied; informing him that he would have sent the second act next month had he received the libretto; discussing special effects in the score, which he insists should be saved for the more telling scenes ("...Je serais sur ainsi de ne pas aborder trop tôt certains effets qui doivent être tenus en reserve...") 2 pages, 8vo (21.2 x 13.5cm), integral blank, two later pencil annotations, no place, 23 June [1841], two old repairs to folds, some light spotting and browning
Berlioz, Hector AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("H. BERLIOZ"), TO THE LIBRETTIST EUGENE SCRIBE ("MON CHER COLLABORATEUR"), ABOUT THE UNFINISHED OPERA LA NONNE SANGLANTE, 23 JUNE [1841] enclosing a manuscript of the first act (not included) which Scribe may keep, as it has been copied; informing him that he would have sent the second act next month had he received the libretto; discussing special effects in the score, which he insists should be saved for the more telling scenes ("...Je serais sur ainsi de ne pas aborder trop tôt certains effets qui doivent être tenus en reserve...") 2 pages, 8vo (21.2 x 13.5cm), integral blank, two later pencil annotations, no place, 23 June [1841], two old repairs to folds, some light spotting and browning
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