Lot 31
  • 31

Debussy, Claude and Paul Dukas.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Two autograph musical quotations, signed by Debussy, of the "Golliwog's Cake Walk" from the Children's Corner Suite, and by Dukas from Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
the two quotations both signed and inscribed ("à Mademoiselle Lucienne Astruc..avec la sympathetique hommage de ClaudeDebussy, 30. V [19]10" and "...PaulDukas");  the Dukas quotation setting the words "Vous ne regrettez pas la lumière du jour?" , from Act 2 of Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, and the words "Ce n'est pas possible!!" (alluding to a passage in Act 3 of the opera), each quotation comprising two or three bars, notated in dark brown ink on hand-drawn staves, 1 page, 8vo (c.20.5 x 14cms), from an album, top edge gilt, [Paris?], 1910

Condition

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