The King of the violin mourning the loss of his Stradivarius [Autograph] YSAYE, Eugène Autogr. signed letter addressed to "chers et excellents amis" [Gustave Huberti and others]. Leipzig, 9 January 4 pp. 8vo; letterhead of the Grand Hôtel d'Europe in St Petersburg (min. tear on the fold and in a margin). Thanks for "la bonne lettre si délicieusement collective que vous m'écrivez: après la secousse terrible provoquée par la perte de mon Stradivarius [...] c'est dans ces moments où le sort s'acharne contre l'homme qu'il ressent plus profondément ces manifestations de pure amitié [...] ce malheur que je crois irréparable [...]". This Stradivarius, called the Hercules, which he acquired after making his fortune in the USA in was stolen from him during a concert in Saint Petersburg in December A remarkable letter expressing this loss with emotion but also with philosophy: "la perte d'un instrument quelque précieux qu'il soit, ne saurait égaler la perte d'un être aimé... [...]". Prov. Gustave Huberti (1843-1910), Belgian composer linked to the Flemish school despite his Walloon roots.
The King of the violin mourning the loss of his Stradivarius [Autograph] YSAYE, Eugène Autogr. signed letter addressed to "chers et excellents amis" [Gustave Huberti and others]. Leipzig, 9 January 4 pp. 8vo; letterhead of the Grand Hôtel d'Europe in St Petersburg (min. tear on the fold and in a margin). Thanks for "la bonne lettre si délicieusement collective que vous m'écrivez: après la secousse terrible provoquée par la perte de mon Stradivarius [...] c'est dans ces moments où le sort s'acharne contre l'homme qu'il ressent plus profondément ces manifestations de pure amitié [...] ce malheur que je crois irréparable [...]". This Stradivarius, called the Hercules, which he acquired after making his fortune in the USA in was stolen from him during a concert in Saint Petersburg in December A remarkable letter expressing this loss with emotion but also with philosophy: "la perte d'un instrument quelque précieux qu'il soit, ne saurait égaler la perte d'un être aimé... [...]". Prov. Gustave Huberti (1843-1910), Belgian composer linked to the Flemish school despite his Walloon roots.
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