Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921). 8 L.A.S., 1893-1912, to Jean-Louis Croze; 12 pages in-8 or in-12, one envelope, one address. Enclosed is an autograph manuscript (1 p. in-fol.) of notes on the gavotte, "a binary-measure dance that seems to have originated in the 16th century [...] it has become a piece of fantasy"; a L.A.S. to M. Boyer asking for 2 tickets; an admission card for Saint-Saëns's funeral at the Madeleine church, and the printed brochure of the speeches delivered at his funeral. Amusing correspondence to the librettist of his ballet Javotte (1899). Appointments; dinners (at the restaurant in the Gare St Lazare "where, by the mysterious light of electric incandescent lamps, you can nibble and chat in complete safety!"); performance of Javotte (December 1, 1898), for which he delegated all powers to him; "The author of the Tentation d'Antoinette consents wholeheartedly to the conditions you have proposed and will enroll as an honorary member of the Escholiers. Mr de Trédern sang Là-bas [to lyrics by Croze] to me today in a wonderful way, with such warmth and radiance! Je ne vous dis que ça" (Wednesday); "EYPHKA! I'll play Souvenirs d'Ismaïlia" (n.d.); the Opéra director awaits ministerial authorization (London, October 7, 1912).... Plus an amusing bill from Croze: "Maire Scie monde yeux I laid retroue V ce cher Sins anse. I laid tette O Canari". Enclosed is an autograph manuscript (1 p. in-fol.) of notes on the gavotte, "a binary-measure dance that seems to have originated in the 16th century [...] it has become a piece of fantasy"; a L.A.S. to M. Boyer asking for 2 tickets; an admission card for Saint-Saëns's funeral at the Madeleine church, and the printed brochure of the speeches delivered at his funeral.