MASSENET Jules (1842-1912). 5 L.A.S. "Massenet" or "J. Massenet", 1894-1896, most to Philippe GILLE; 11 pages in-8 or in-12, 3 envelopes, one address. Letters to a friend, journalist at Le Figaro and librettist. Paris 12 February 1894]. "Ah! dear friend, I have succeeded too badly the few times I have asked for something to insist today. - I am no longer loved in "la Maison". - Was I ever really loved there? "... Pont-de-l'Arche August 29, 1894, thanking the Gilles for a portrait of their son Victor: "As for Philippe Gille (son) we will undoubtedly meet again... on the stage of the Opéra-comique - if he is curious to know the three artists who start the same evening in Manon"... [Paris] September 15, 1896, about Marie VAN ZANDT who asks for a piece to sing instead of Manon's "la gavotte" in Act 3, "a piece of virtuosity - a kind of variation - & Manon was laughing... & Manon was dreaming... & Manon was singing!"... it's up to you to find this thing she dreams "exquisite" "... September 20, 1896. Heugel handed her the new scene from Gille for Manon: "It's an exquisite thing you've added to this work again. - I am delighted.