Léo DELIBES (1836-1891). L.A.S. "Léo", Tuesday evening [1866?], to a "dear old man" [Philippe Gille?]; 4 pages in-12 on the letterhead of the Cercle de l'Union artistique. "I intended to go and find you at the Rosières; I was held up until midnight at the Opéra. I saw Jaime. He told me two things; one pleases me very much and can do a charming thing. Only it is necessary to set about it at once and with conviction. If Martinet wants to do things right we will give him - I know he must be short - he was counting on 3 acts of Jonas, words of Tréfeu and the son Millaud (nice collaboration) and it seems that it is impossible. Finally, we must see each other - the thing is all built - it is only a question of writing it"... He indicates where his friend will be able to find him the next day: at his home, at the Conservatoire, then at the Opera: " I believe that La Source is replying with the Salvioni "... A L.A.S. from Charles Gounod is enclosed, Saint-Cloud September 24, 1878 (for the first performance of Polyeucte), and one from Reynaldo Hahn to Vizentini.