Georges AURIC (1899-1983). Autograph musical manuscript, Gaspard et Zoé ou l'après-midi dans un parc, 1914-1915; 16-page folio. Attached is the original edition (Copenhagen and Leipzig, Wilhelm Hansen, 1927), with a.s. dispatch in blue ink to the work's dedicatee One of Auric's earliest musical compositions. Composed in 1914-1915, this suite of short piano pieces was published in 1927 with the subtitle "Scènes enfantines pour le piano d'après Henri-Pierre Roché" and dedicated to René Chalupt. It comprises 35 short pieces (33 in the edition, where some of them will be reunited, with variations in the titles) that follow one another: On met à Zoé ses bas blancs ; On met à Gaspard sa cravate rouge ; Zoé dans la voiture avec sa gouvernante ; Présentation ; Mes enfants, soyez bien sages ; Observation mutuelle ; Gaspard emmène Zoé dans le parc ; Les Pâtés ; Le jardin de sable ; Le Goûter Tartines de confitures ; Les Cerises (boucles d'oreilles) ; Les noyaux de cerises ; Le Goût du chocolat (symphonie) ; Jujules, le fils du jardinier, derrière la grille ; Zoé, no longer hungry, thinks of giving him her toast; Jujules finds Zoé so beautiful that he makes a face at her; Zoé takes refuge behind Gaspard; Gaspard would like to beat Jujules, but he's afraid [deleted in the edition] ; Jujules shows them his line for catching frogs; He's let in on the sly; At the pond he becomes handsome; The caught frog; The ricochets; The soiled skirt [these two numbers reunited in the edition]; ... The bell rings, Jujules has to go home for soup; We accompany him to the gate, Zoé waves her handkerchief; Gaspard is jealous. He sulks; Zoé plays alone with her doll; Gaspard decides to beat Zoé; He pulls her English; Zoé cries softly; He approaches, kisses her straw hat; Twilight; The governess takes the children away, one in each hand; Goodbye, Zoé - Goodbye, Gaspard. The manuscript, carefully jotted down in violet ink on 12-line paper, is dated at the end "Septembre 1914 Février 1915". It shows some scratched corrections, and a few crossed-out measures. The original edition is enclosed (Copenhagen and Leipzig, Wilhelm Hansen, 1927), with a.s. dispatch in blue ink to the work's dedicatee: "A René Chalupt, qui ne m'en voudra pas de lui faire retrouver ainsi après tant d'années, Gaspard et Zoé - premier témoin de notre amitié, G. Auric. 1929".