Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). L.A.S. "E.G.", Bayreuth August 18, 1892, [to Robert de Montesquiou]; 4pages in-8 filled with small, tight handwriting (mourning, slight cracks at folds). Long letter on Wagner and the Bayreuth performances. He wants to share with his friend the emotions of these "radiant days [...] I am seized, lifted, violently, abruptly [...] from the black abyss into the whitest light [...] I can no longer think except in music [...] What a delight this Parsifal is, [....] I can still see the divine grouping of this spear, pricked into the earth by the side of a road, glittering lily, elegant staff, abandoned to the care of a tuft of white camomile". Maurice Barrès is also in Bayreuth, "also moved, otherwise"; they have exchanged impressions... Gallé could not be received at Wahnfried, nor meet Mrs. Wagner... Barrès is preparing a work on Ludwig II... Attached is another L.A.S. to the same, [May 1897], after the fire at the Bazar de la Charité (4p. in-12).