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H. Berlioz. Autograph letter signed, to Édouard Plouvier, 11 December 1861, apparently unpublished

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Hector Berlioz


Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz"), to Édouard Plouvier, concerning Henry Litolff and the music of La Gageure de Satan, APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED


informing him that he has finally seen Bénazet, explaining that he was worried he might have entered into some agreement with Maillard, and stating that he [Bénazet] has asked him to reply to [Plouvier] that he has chosen Litolff to write the music for La Gageure de Satan


...il m'a chargé de vous répondre qu'il acceptait ce dernier [Litolff] pour écrire la musique de La Gageure de Satan...


1 page, 8vo (20.8 x 13.4cm), integral blank, with a modern typed translation, no place, Wednesday morning, 11 December 1861, two tiny pinholes in upper margin of first leaf


A good letter to the librettist Édouard Plouvier concerning Édouard Bénazet, director of the Baden-Baden festival, where Béatrice et Bénédict was to receive its premiere the following year. 


LITERATURE

Correspondance générale, vi, p.263 (no.2586: summary only)

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