Léo DELIBES (1836-1891). 3 L.A.S.; 6 pages in-8 or in-12 (photograph attached). Friday [1864], to Henri d'Erville (author of the verse prologue to Delibes' La Tradition). I certainly accept! [...] I'll hardly be able to enter your domain until about 6 o'clock, after the cantata, the opera performance and my Vespers. [...] The hundred voices of fame must have told you that I was in Baden a fortnight ago... Wednesday January 16 [1878], to baritone Léonce Valdec. You can announce for the program of the Cressonnois concert on the 27th, my melody entitled Regrets, which I am very happy to know is in your repertoire. Between now and the end of the week, I will take care of the instrumentation and send it in due course [...] please let me know if the orchestra is numerous as a quartet, and if you think the piece needs to be a little sustained, or on the contrary very lightly accompanied. [...] a harp score will be indispensable... Sunday, to a lady, concerning her contribution to his precious album ...