Lot 290
  • 290

J. MASSENET. THREE OPERA VOCAL SCORES SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER, INCLUDING "MANON", 1873-1904

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Massenet, Jules
  • Three printed opera vocal scores signed, two inscribed by the composer with quotations, including "Manon"
1) Manon. Opéra Comique, [Nouvelle Édition 1895], boldly SIGNED AND INSCRIBED with a musical quotation of five bars from Des Grieux's air in Act 3 ("Ah! fuyez douce image, à mon âme trop chère!. Ah! fuyez! fuyez! ... J. Massenet, Paris 20 déc 1904"), 344 pages, 4to, Paris: au Ménestrel, 1895, contemporary green boards, occasional spotting -- 2) Grisélidis. Conte lyrique, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED with a 3-bar musical quotation from the shepherd Alain's opening air in the Prologue ("Je vais revoir--Griselidis! ... à Mon fidèle ami & collaborateur Duchesne, de l'opéra comique en affection. J. Massenet, 1902"),  Au Ménestral, publisher's gilt lettered wrappers--3) Les Erinnyes. Tragédie antique, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to the conductor Édouard Colonne two days before the premiere ("à mon bon ami Edouard Colonne affectueux hommage J. Massenet [Odéon--Théâtre-Lyrique] 6 Janvier 1873"), Paris: Hartmann, contemporary green boards, repaired at hinge, spine defective

Condition

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