Charles LECOCQ (1832-1918). L.A.S., October 4, 1908, to a librettist; 3 pages in-12. Attached is a L.A.S. from Alfred Bruneau He explains his refusal of a libretto on Télémaque. "It would be better to entrust this poem to a young person. The modern school is teeming with young composers of great talent, for whom Télémaque would be a godsend. Secondly, as you know, I've had too many successes in the operetta genre for my name to be a guarantee of success in a large-scale work. It has to be said, I wear a label on my back that is impossible to deny"... Attached is a L.A.S. from Alfred Bruneau, Oct. 18, 1897, also refusing the libretto.