Autograph Letters & Manuscripts - MUSIC
Tuesday 12 October 2021 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
373 lots
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1 - Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750). Studio o sia Tre Sonate per il Violino solo senza Basso Del Sigre Seb: Bach (Bonn, N. Simrock, [1802 ?]); folio of 43 p., bound in purple half-basin, title-piece on the upper board. Rare first complete edition of the six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001-1006). Engraved music; page number 169; price 6 francs. (RISM A/I B 458). Despite the title Tre Sonate, the edition is indeed complete with the six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, each Part
Estimate €5,000 - €7,000 -
2 - Alban BERG (1885-1935). L.A.S., [Vienna] Friday, January 12, 1923, to Bruno Seidlhofer in Vienna; 1 oblong page in-12, address on back (postcard); in German. [Pianist Bruno Seidlhofer (1905-1982) was professor of piano at the Vienna Academy of Music; he was close to Berg and Schönberg]. Unfortunately he has to make a trip on Saturday; so he begs "Seidelhofer" to come and see him on Sunday, at 11.30 or 9.30; Strutz has to come at 10.30, but they can possibly come together...
Result €640Estimate €300 - €400 -
3 - Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S., [1839], to Maurice Schlesinger; half-page in-8. [About the ode À Nicolo Paganini by the poet and librettist Felice Romani (1788-1865), which Berlioz translated out of friendship for Paganini; it was published in the Revue et Gazette musicale (15 September 1839, no. 47, pp. 374-376), with this introduction: 'On the occasion of the last concert given at the Carignan theatre for the benefit of the poor by N. Paganini, the famous Romani, of whom we know little in
Estimate €500 - €700 -
4 - Hector BERLIOZ. L.A.S., Paris 1 August 1843, to pianist and composer Sigismund Thalberg; 1 page in-8. On his Symphonie funèbre et triomphale. [Thalberg had married Francesca Lablache, daughter of the singer, on 22 July. He had promised Berlioz a piece for piano, which was published in 1845 under the title Grand Caprice sur la Marche de l'Apothéose de Berlioz (Schlesinger)]. "My dear Thalberg If in the midst of the joys of the honeymoon you have a moment to give me, please be so kind as to wr
Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
5 - Hector BERLIOZ. L.A.S., Paris 30 June [1862], to the violinist Henry Vieuxtemps; 2 pages in-8 (small mourning). On the death of his wife Marie Recio (13 June), and the forthcoming rehearsals for his opera Béatrice et Bénédict, which will be premiered on 9 August at the new theatre in Baden. "My dear Vieuxtemps, I thank you for your kind letter and your friendly offer. Cruel circumstances, such as those in which I find myself, at least serve to make the afflicted aware of good hearts and ind
Result €1,280Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
6 - Hector BERLIOZ. L.S., signed by 20 other artists, Paris 30 June 1863, to M. Barbet, head of the music of the 70th line; 1 page in-4 on the letterhead of the Central Committee of the Association of Musicians. Letter of thanks for his assistance at the festival given on 28 June at the Pré Catelan, and intended "to improve the position of military and civilian musicians". Among the signatories are Auber, H. Reber, Baron Taylor, Ambroise Thomas...
Estimate €400 - €500 -
7 - Georges BIZET (1838-1875). L.A.S. to his dear Leroy ; 1 page in-8 (small split), fragment of address on a 2nd f. Probably to the librettist François-Hippolyte Leroy (1815-1887), stage director at the Opéra, who wrote with Henri Trianon the libretto of Ivan IV, an opera left unfinished by Bizet. He sends him " 1° - the translation of the Duo Ist act that you will be kind enough to give to Alary [director of singing at the Théâtre Italien]. 2° a change for the great phrase of the trio that y
Estimate €600 - €800 -
8 - Georges BIZET. L.A.S. to a composer friend; 1 page in-8 " I am becoming an idiot! Don't look for any other explanation for my stupid rudeness - I was sorry and furious - I beg you, forgive me my inept thoughtlessness and give me the great pleasure of hearing your new score on Thursday"...
Estimate €600 - €800 -
9 - Charles de BÉRIOT (1802-1870). L.A.S., Brussels 2 January 1852, to a friend; 2 pages and a half in 8. He sends him "the requested piece. It is a study which, despite its antiquated appearance, is not a piece of junk [...] This piece was to have been included in my next book of studies, but I will replace it and I am delighted to offer it to you"... As for Dupré's opera [Gilbert Duprez's L'Abîme de la Maladetta, given at La Monnaie on 19 November 1851], he does not know what to say about it: "
Result €1,664Estimate €300 - €400 -
10 - Enrico CARUSO (1873-1921). L.A.S., New York 9 / 2 / 1905, to Maestro Platon Brounoff; 1 page in-8 with letterhead and vignette of the Hotel York; in Italian. He thanks him for the two romances he kindly dedicated to him: Per nozze and Tu m'ami. He is very pleased with them and they will increase his repertoire... [Platon Brounoff (1859-1924), Russian conductor and composer, had emigrated to the USA in 1891; Caruso had made his Met debut in 1903].
Result €512Estimate €150 - €200 -
11 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., Paris 14 March 1877, to Albert Vanloo; 2 1/2 pages in-12 (slight cracks in folds repaired). [77-2] To the future librettist of L'Étoile and Une éducation manquée. He invites him to come "without any fuss to dine with my wife and my little baby, then you would have taken me to La Marjolaine [by Charles Lecocq], where you could, I presume, have found a piece of the folding seat for me. I beg you to let me know if you agree with a programme that is much more attracti
Result €137Estimate €120 - €150 -
12 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., [November 1879], to Louis Gallet; 1 1/4 pages in-fol. in purple ink. [79-9] Detail of a project for a comic opera, Le Sicilien, based on Molière's play, Le Sicilien ou l'Amour peintre. [Louis Gallet (1835-1898) wrote numerous librettos, notably for Gounod, Saint-Saëns and Massenet]. He would have liked to see it: "In an hour's time we would fix our business. I know the play by heart: I can see a lot of things to set to music, but the role of Climène would, it se
Result €343Estimate €300 - €400 -
13 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., Paris 5 May 1884, to a "dear and illustrious colleague" [Franco Faccio]; 2 1/2 pages in-8. [84-7] Beautiful letter to the Italian composer and conductor Franco Faccio (1840-1891), in response to his invitation to the Concerti Popolari in Turin for the Esposizione Generale Italiana. He would have been happy to go to Turin: "Alas, Turin is far away, the travel expenses are considerable, and moreover, I cannot delay in leaving for the country to undertake some work comm
Result €343Estimate €300 - €400 -
14 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. Autograph musical manuscript, La Sulamite, [1885]; 16 1/2 pages in-fol. (ca. 35 x 27.5 cm) on 9 leaves (and 4 blank ff), i.e. one single leaf and 6 double leaves in a quire (edges of the 1st leaf a little frayed with small marginal paper loss). Working manuscript of this magnificent lyrical scene. La Sulamite, a lyrical scene for mezzo-soprano and women's choir with orchestra, on poetry by Jean Richepin, was written in 1884, and premiered on 15 March 1885 at the Concerts L
Result €3,432Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
15 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., Paris April 30, 1885, [to the conductor Titus-Charles Constantin]; 1 page in-8 on the letterhead of Enoch frères and Costallat, music publishers. [85-6] "I take the liberty of sending you two pieces of my own, the Légende de Gwendoline and the Sulamite. I learn from my friend and colleague Paul Lacombe that you have been willing to listen with interest to my rapsody of España. Let me hope that the pieces I have the honour of sending you will be favourably received
Result €286Estimate €150 - €200 -
16 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S. "Emmanuel", [La Membrolle] 25 July [1885], to André Monvoisin, "law student, budding notary", in Cusset (Allier); 1 page in-8 filled with small handwriting, address on back. [85-24] Amusing letter to a little cousin. "Well done, comrade and dear colleague, for I am one in letters, but it is not from yesterday. Come, here is, as they say, a strong thorn out of the foot, - where others will come in, don't worry, it is only the first; the foot was given to man for that
Result €343Estimate €300 - €400 -
17 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. 2 L.A.S., Paris 1885-1888, to Miss Marthe Petitdemange; 1 page small in-8 and half-page in-12, addresses on back. [35-35 and 88-14] [2 November 1885], about his wife Alice, who has to go to the eye specialist: "there are vague rumours of an upcoming operation... [January 1888]. Alice cannot leave the house, waiting for a friend from Brussels; she postpones her visit; "is the Viardot dinner still on?
Estimate €150 - €180 -
18 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. 2 L.A.S. "Emmanuel" and "Emml Ch", [La Membrolle June-July 1886], to Paul Burani and Émile de Najac; 2 and a half pages in-8 (partly in blue pencil) and 1 page in-8. [86-51 and 86-76] To the librettists of Le Roi malgré lui. [June 1], to Paul Burani. "Here is a monster for the melody, dreamy and sad, which Minka sings, under the silly chorus of the patrol. The more melancholy her song, the funnier the patrol will seem (and vice versa). And Chabrier makes14 hilarious verses
Result €686Estimate €400 - €500 -
19 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S. "Emmanuel", [Paris] Saturday [30 July 1887], to his wife; 2 pages in-8. [87-21] Hope for a revival of Le Roi malgré lui, interrupted after three performances by the fire at the Opéra-Comique. "Yesterday after the Conservatoire, I went to see Carvalho [director of the Opéra-Comique]. He was worried, grumpy, he was going to the Ministry. Besides, when he doesn't know what to say, he says he's going to the Ministry. Deep down, he doesn't know himself what to do. I lef
Result €457Estimate €300 - €350 -
20 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S. "Ton Emmanuel", 23 December 1887, [to Charles Lenthéric]; 1 1/2 pages in-8. [87-44] About a concert where Lamoureux will conduct España (December 25)... "Don't be surprised if, by chance, my piece was a little heckled; Lamoureux plays it a lot - a little too much perhaps, in the opinion of those who have not done so... That's why he sticks it in at the end of the concert: listen to him who will, - but as he plays more than admirably, we'll stay. Immediately afterwar
Result €228Estimate €200 - €250 -
21 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. 2 L.A.S., [Paris] January-March 1888, to Louis Gallet; 1 page in-8 each. [88-10 and 88-34] About a proposed libretto for an opera, Lumen. 26 January. "I have been thinking about - and remain very much impressed by - the subject you spoke to me about today. Please prepare for Tuesday morning a sufficiently developed work, a large scenario, - I positively believe that I shall fall to a halt and put up my proud spurs! I have 36 reasons to be in a hurry and to exile myself prom
Result €286Estimate €200 - €250 -
22 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S. "Emmanuel", La Membrolle Thursday [October or November 1888], to Catulle Mendès; 1 1/4 pages in-8. [88-111] About Briséïs (the opera will remain unfinished). "I am looking for my ten to twelve p[rinci]p[au]x themes" - ; then I will look for the 2nd order themes -, shorter, but very incisive. He cites 4 lines cut out in Act 2 between the two deaconesses, as well as 4 more from Briséïs to Hylas in Act 3. "These 8 lines are not in the work you dictated to me. Shall
Result €228Estimate €200 - €250 -
23 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. Autograph musical manuscript, [Idylle, 1888 ?]; 11.5 x 26.5 cm. Fragment of the part for the "1st violins", "5th desk" (indicated on the verso, and at the head of the music), from No. 1 (Idylle) of the Suite pastorale, an orchestration by Chabrier of four of his Pièces pittoresques, premiered on November 4, 1888, in Angers, conducted by the composer. This fragment is an autograph collage intended to be pasted onto an orchestral part drawn up by a copyist, and then cut out;
Result €343Estimate €300 - €400 -
24 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., 26 September 1889, to Gaston Sarreau; 1 1/2 pages oblong in-12. [89-110] About the baritone François Mondaud, who is to sing Gwendoline in Rouen. [The Bordeaux pianist and composer Gaston Sarreau (1850-1935) conducted the concerts of the Cercle philharmonique de Bordeaux, and sculpted a medallion of Chabrier]. "The day before yesterday I spent two hours with Mondaud in Rouen, and I hasten to thank you for the incredible advice you gave him. The poor fellow must ha
Result €171Estimate €150 - €200 -
25 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. Autograph manuscript, Bibliothèque Littéraire, 1889; small folio register of 60 ff (some blank) with alphabetical tabs, black cloth boards with Répertoire label on the upper cover. In this alphabetical directory, purchased near his home at the stationery shop Raimon & Roudhloff (61 rue Rodier), on which he has affixed his ink stamp at the top with his name and address Emm. Chabrier 13, Avenue Trudaine Paris, Chabrier carefully listed the works in his library, most of whi
Result €1,144Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
26 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. Autograph manuscript signed, Bibliothèque musicale de Mr Emmanuel Chabrier; small notebook in-8 paged in pencil by Chabrier 1-110 (several blank pages) plus 24 blank ff and 1 f. of table, purple cloth-backed boards, title label on upper cover. Precious catalogue drawn up by Chabrier of his musical library. The catalogue has been carefully drawn up in brown ink, each title being underlined with a red pencil line; finely paginated in pencil, it is classified under 6 heading
Result €2,288Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
27 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S. "your old wolf Emml", Karlsruhe 25 January 1890, to his wife; 3 pages in-8. [90-11] Beautiful and long letter about the rehearsals of Le Roi malgré lui in Karlsruhe under the direction of Felix Mottl. "Yesterday evening, after swallowing a veal and three halves of a golden beer, I went to bed [...] A little accident: I pooped in my nightgown just like a member of the Institute; it was on my way to the cabinets that, wanting to cough too hard, the amiable thing happen
Result €514Estimate €350 - €400 -
28 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S. "Emmanuel Ch", La Membrolle 14 July 1890, [to Henry Verdhurt]; 4 pages in-8. [90-88] About the project to revive the Théâtre Lyrique in the Eden-Théâtre under the direction of Verdhurt; Chabrier hoped that Gwendoline would be performed there. "Well, dear friend, and these lawyers, and these solicitors, and these notaries, [...] and the casing! - And the signatures! Where is all this? [...] It must not be easy, at this time, to form a troupe, a choir, an orchestra;
Estimate €350 - €400 -
29 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S. "ton loup", Paris 22 April 1891, to his wife; 1 page in-8 on letterhead Enoch frères & Costallat music publishers. [91-31] She may not return to Paris until Friday and "stay one more day with grandmother [...] Anyway, when you arrive, your wolf will kiss you! I've just left Richepin's; we have an appointment at Carvalho's on Friday morning. We're doing a comic opera from Auvergne - something I've always wanted to do. Don't tell anyone about it yet"...
Result €171Estimate €150 - €200 -
30 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., Mont-Dore 21 August 1891, to conductor Gabriel Marie; 2 1/4 pages in-8, headed Casino du Mont-Dore (edges slightly faded with small cracks). [91-69] On Wagner, while he is at a spa in Mont-Dore. He is delighted that his "Old Monkey" was able to go to Bayreuth: "It is the real cure, the Wagnerian cure, very superior indeed, to the one I am experiencing here. But, alas, one does not always have the choice. You understand that I would not hesitate between a nasal shower
Result €343Estimate €250 - €300 -
31 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., La Membrolle December 15, 1891, to André Monvoisin; 3 pages in-8 (slight cracks in folds repaired). [91-111] Beautiful family letter, while working at Briséïs. He is going to take care of Mlle Broquin, "but what she asks for is hard. [...] I also hope that your business is going well. I am breaking up to death, and I think, at the end of next year, I will be close to writing the last word; but it is long and it must be good. As well the stay here, you think, is fr
Result €286Estimate €250 - €300 -
32 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. 2 L.A.S., January-July 1892, to composer Victorin Joncières; 3 pages in-12, the 2nd with address on back. [92-3 and 92-80] On the hard work of musicians, while working at Briséïs. [La Membrolle] 6 January... He is "finishing the second act of my affair with Mendès. And it is hard to make a masterpiece nowadays. In any case, one should do so, because one puts time into it; poets make a sonnet in six months, musicians an opera in six years, it is only those damn painters,
Result €286Estimate €300 - €350 -
33 - Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894). L.A.S., La Membrolle par Mettray 12 May 1892, to Émile Zola, "Dear great master"; 1 page in-8 at his address (framed). He would like to know "whether Ben Jonson, of whom you speak in your superb and so interesting preface to Les Héritiers Rabourdin, has been translated into French and by which publisher. If so, I would like to read Volpone and other comedies by this poet whom you seem to place very high"...
Result €448Estimate €150 - €200 -
34 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., La Membrolle 29 May 1892, to Auguste Hirsch; 2 pages and a half in-8. [92-65] Very beautiful letter to his painter friend [Auguste Hirsch (1835-1912) is notably the author of the ceiling of the Célestins theatre in Lyon]. "Dear friend, old comrade, It is time to start shouting firmly in Lyon, in the authorized quarters and ears, that Gwendoline should be performed there. It was agreed in Nice, one rainy evening, that you would shake yourself like a poplar shaken by
Estimate €300 - €400 -
35 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER. L.A.S., 17 March 1893, to Édouard Colonne; 2 oblong pages in-12. [93-10] Before the first complete performance of César Franck's Béatitudes [Concerts du Châtelet, 19 March 1893, conducted by Colonne]. "You will have my orchestral score of Gwendoline on Tuesday morning at the latest. I know nothing as long as metronomic indications; nevertheless, some are necessary, and I have put in as many as I could; one can never put in too many. He asks for a place at Sunday's concer
Result €171Estimate €150 - €200 -
36 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Paul BURANI (1845-1901). 3 L.A.S., [1883-1887], to Emmanuel Chabrier; 4 pages in-8 and 3 pages in-4 (qqs small cracks). [83-11n., 86-92n. and 87-25n.] On the difficult preparation of the book of Le Roi malgré lui. 2 June 1883, on the beginning of his work with Armand Silvestre. - November-December ? 1886], long letter on Richepin's revision of the libretto, detailing scene by scene the changes made... [August ? 1887], on a "new reworking" of Act III, with the words of the
Result €171Estimate €150 - €200 -
37 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Ernest CABANER (1833-1881). 2 L.A.S., Amélie-les-Bains [April-May ? 1881], to Emmanuel Chabrier; 7 and 4 pages in-8 (slight stains and splits at the fold at the 2nd). Rare letters from the end of the life of this Zutist musician-poet [Chabrier was the treasurer of the funds from the lottery and then from the sale of paintings (May 14, 1881) to help Cabaner, who had gone to Amélie-les-Bains to treat his phthisis, but who died on August 3]. - He thanked Chabrier for servi
Result €343Estimate €150 - €200 -
38 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). 3 L.A.S., [1886-1887], to Emmanuel Chabrier; 6 pages and a half in-8 or in-12, the 2nd on the letterhead of the Société Nationale de Musique. Bellevue [October 1886?] He received too late in the country the invitation "for the dinner of the Pris de Rhum", but he will be "exact on the first Monday of December"... - 3 [December 1886]. He cannot come to the Pris de Rhum dinner, having to "heat up a cold". Chabrier's melodies are postponed to the
Estimate €300 - €400 -
39 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924). L.A.S., Néris-les-Bains [end of August ? 1885], to Emmanuel Chabrier; 2 pages and a quarter in-8 (mourning). [85-29n.] His wife is at the spa in "the most annoying corner of the world! Some time ago I passed through Brussels and went to salute the façade of the Monnaie in honour of Gwendoline. You may be sure that if nothing absolutely serious prevents me I shall not fail to be in the train of friends when the great day comes. I have heard a gr
Result €286Estimate €250 - €300 -
40 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. César FRANCK (1822-1890). L.A.S., [23 November 1885], to Emmanuel Chabrier; 2 pages in-8. [85-27n.] He expects him on Wednesday, and asks him to take the invitations for the concert on the 29th to Mlle Poitevin's [the pianist who created the Pièces pittoresques]... "I have just read this evening a scene and legend from Gwendoline. It is charming, the voices are arranged in a ravishing way.
Result €343Estimate €300 - €400 -
41 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Paul HELLEU (1859-1927). L.A.S., to Emmanuel Chabrier; 3 pages in-8. He gives him the address of Sargent in London. "I work a lot and I would like to show you my engravings. I am passionate about it and I want to do very, very well. I am happy with the result, in London many artists have bought them from me, Tadema among others, and here Goncourt collects them. I would like to give you a pastel on condition that you destroy the woman in white with me, which is a horrible sc
Result €343Estimate €300 - €400 -
42 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (1848-1907). L.A.S., 29 December 1887, to Emmanuel Chabrier; 1 page in-8 on the letterhead of the Ministry of the Interior. [88-69n.] He "warmly recommends a friend of mine, Maurice de Fleury, who is very talented and who should bring you a scenario for a dramatic ballet. I am sure he will make it interesting and artistic - and new! - which you must naturally desire"...
Result €171Estimate €150 - €200 -
43 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Vincent d'INDY (1851-1931). 4 L.A.S., 1886-1894, to Emmanuel Chabrier; 4 and a half pages in-8 or in-12, 2 addresses. [86-94n., 93-52n. and 94-6n.] 23 December 1886. "Dear sweet Emmanuel [...] we count on you to get the one who has to shout your 2 melodies, on January 8. [...] It will not be difficult for you to find someone and if necessary, your friends Ellat and Costanoch will help you. We have put you at this first session because we want it to be a good concert, the pr
Result €320Estimate €250 - €300 -
44 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Charles LECOCQ (1832-1918). 2 L.A.S., 1878-1891, to Emmanuel Chabrier; 1 1 / 2 and 6 pages in-8. [91-50n.] Wednesday 1878. He is in Argenteuil, doing watercolours while waiting for La Camargo. - Asnières Tuesday evening [June 16, 1891]. Long and exciting letter relating the creation of Alfred Bruneau's opera, Le Rêve, after Émile Zola...
Result €400Estimate €150 - €200 -
45 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Édouard MANET (1832-1883). L.A.S., Paris [autumn-winter 1881 ?], to Emmanuel Chabrier; 1 page in-8 (small crack repaired). [88-79n.] Only known letter from Manet to Chabrier [who owned his Bar at the Folies-Bergère, and whose portrait Manet painted]. "My dear friend - here is a letter which proves to me that you are doing well so much the better I too have gone through the same admirations. I hope my health is improving a little"...
Result €1,050Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
46 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Felix MOTTL (1856-1911). 17 L.A.S., 1887-1893, to Emmanuel Chabrier; 34 pages in various sizes; one in German (small defects to 2 letters). Very nice correspondence from the conductor who made Chabrier known in Germany. Karlsruhe 8.XI.1887, he would like to give Gwendoline in Karlsruhe... - 5.XII, he will do everything possible to perform his work, but the decision depends on the Intendant... - Hietzing 5 Sept. 1889, he will conduct Gwendoline on the 29th in Karlsuhe, and
Result €1,258Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
47 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. Jean RICHEPIN (1849-1926). 5 L.A.S., to Emmanuel Chabrier; 1 page each in-8 or in-4, one envelope. [86-92n., 88-2n., 88-71n.] [Late 1886], about Richepin's revision of the libretto of Le Roi malgré lui: "Dear friend, we will not read anything at all tomorrow at the Laurent's; for it is absolutely not an intimate dinner. [...] But we will be able to talk, in a corner, about our business. Have all your indulgences ready! I've done nothing for you this week. A lot of things t
Result €171Estimate €200 - €250 -
48 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. 10 L.A.S. from writers to Emmanuel Chabrier, 1883-1887 and n.d. Émile Bergerat (3), Henri Blondeau (amusing letter in verse in the form of a dialogue with his collaborator Monréal, awaiting the coupon promised by Vanloo), Henry Fouquier, Louis de Fourcaud, Louis Gallet, Octave Mirbeau, L. Roger-Milès, Armand Silvestre (lyrics of a "Duo et Trio" for Le Sabbat, annotated by Chabrier), Auguste Vitu.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
49 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. MUSIC. 50 L.A.S. to Emmanuel Chabrier, 1883-1893 and s.d. Nice set of letters from composers, conductors, singers, opera directors. Charles Bordes (8, notably on his auditions of sacred music at Saint-Gervais), Lucien Bordes, Maximilien Bouvet, Pierre de Bréville (4), Hélène Brunet-Lafleur, Henri Carré, Léon Carvalho, Édouard Colonne, Léo Delibes, Alphonse Duvernoy, Émile Engel, François-Auguste Gevaert, Eugène Gigout, Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Armand Gouzien (2),
Result €629Estimate €500 - €700 -
50 - - Emmanuel CHABRIER]. 12 L.A.S. and 2 L.S. addressed to Robert Brussel, 1899-1911. Investigation of Chabrier. Henri Barbusse (l.s.), Camille Bellaigue, Maximilien Bouvet, Pierre de Bréville, Alfred Bruneau (2), P.A. Cheramy, Arthur de Gabriac (2), Adolphe Jullien, Louis Labat (l.s. as Edmond Rostand's secretary), Felix Mottl, Jean Richepin, Ernest Van Dyck (long account of his beginnings as a Wagnerian singer, his friendship with Chabrier, the career and death of Felix Mottl).
Estimate €500 - €600
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Aucune réclamation ne sera recevable dès l’adjudication prononcée, la présentation des lots sur internet vaut exposition préalable.
L’adjudicataire sera le plus offrant et dernier enchérisseur et aura pour obligation de remettre ses nom et adresse. En cas de contestation au moment des
adjudications, c’est-à-dire s’il est établi que deux ou plusieurs enchérisseurs ont simultanément porté une enchère équivalente, soit à haute voix, soit par signe, et réclament en même temps cet objet après le prononcé du mot « adjugé », ledit objet sera immédiatement remis en adjudication au prix proposé par les enchérisseurs et tout le public sera admis à enchérir à nouveau.
La date indiquée entre crochets […] correspond à la création du modèle. La pièce présentée ayant été réalisée postérieurement.
Les éventuelles modifications aux conditions de vente ou aux descriptions du catalogue seront annoncées verbalement pendant la vente et notées sur le procès-verbal.
Catalogue : 20 € dont TVA à 5,5 % au titre du droit d’auteur. Les images sont propriété exclusive d’ADER.
Toute reproduction ou diffusion nécessite une autorisation écrite de la Maison de Vente.
Frais de vente et paiement :
L’adjudicataire devra acquitter, en sus du montant de l’enchère, par lot, les frais et taxes suivants :
- 28 % TTC (20 % de TVA) sauf pour le vin et les livres 25 % TTC (5,5 % de TVA sur les livres).
- 1,8 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour des enchères via Drouot Live ; 3,60 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour les enchères via Interenchères ; 3 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour les enchères via Invaluable.
- 5,5 % de frais additionnels au titre de la taxe à l’importation temporaire, pour les lots dont le numéro est précédé d’un astérisque.
Dans certains cas, ces frais pourront faire l’objet d’un remboursement à l’acheteur.
Le paiement devra être effectué immédiatement après la vente :
- en espèces (euros) jusqu’à 1 000 € pour les ressortissants français ou jusqu’à 15 000 € pour les ressortissants étrangers (sur présentation d’un justificatif de domicile, avis d’imposition, etc. ; en plus du passeport).
- par carte bancaire (Visa, Mastercard).
- par paiement « 3D Secure » sur le site www.ader-paris.fr
- par virement bancaire en euros à l’ordre de ADER.
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Le règlement par chèque n’est plus accepté.
Ordres d’achat :
Un enchérisseur ne pouvant assister à la vente devra remplir le formulaire d’ordre d’achat inclus dans ce catalogue et le signer.
ADER agira pour le compte de l’enchérisseur, selon les instructions contenues dans le formulaire d’ordre d’achat, ceci afin d’essayer d’acheter le ou les lots au prix le plus bas possible et ne dépassant, en aucun cas, le montant maximum indiqué par l’enchérisseur.
Ledit formulaire devra être adressé et reçu à l’étude au plus tard 24 heures avant le début de la vente.
Les ordres d’achat ou les enchères par téléphone sont une facilité pour les clients. ADER n’est pas responsable pour avoir manqué d’exécuter un ordre par erreur ou pour toute autre cause. Merci de vérifier après envoi que votre ordre d’achat a été dûment enregistré.
ADER se réserve le droit de ne pas enregistrer l’ordre d’achat s’il n’est pas complet ou si elle considère que le client n’apporte pas toutes les garanties pour la sécurité des transactions ; sans recours possible.
Pour garantir la bonne volonté de l’acheteur, une consignation pourra être demandée avant la vente qui ne sera validée qu’en cas d’adjudication.
Drouot Live et Interenchères étant des services indépendants, nous déclinons toute responsabilité en cas de dysfonctionnement. Le coût supplémentaire lié aux achats sur internet est détaillé sur chacun des sites et dans nos conditions de vente.
Transports des lots / Exportation :
La présente vente est effectuée sur désignation.
Dès l’adjudication prononcée, les achats sont sous l’entière responsabilité de l’adjudicataire.
Aucun lot ne sera remis aux acquéreurs avant acquittement de l’intégralité des sommes dues.
Les lots sont à retirer au plus vite dans leur lieu de stockage.
Les acheteurs, souhaitant exporter leurs achats, devront le faire savoir au plus tard le jour de la vente. Ils pourront récupérer la TVA sur les honoraires d’achat à la condition qu’un justificatif de douane en bonne et due forme soit remis à ADER et que le nom de la Maison de Vente y soit mentionné en tant qu’exportateur. Le bordereau d’adjudication est dû intégralement ; la TVA est remboursable par la suite sur présentation des références du compte bancaire.
L’envoi des lots achetés peut être organisé par ADER à la charge et sous la responsabilité de l’acheteur.
C’est un service rendu par ADER qui se réserve la possibilité d’y renoncer si les conditions légales ou pratiques présentent le moindre risque. Les délais ne sont pas garantis et sont tributaires de l’activité de la Maison de Vente.
Le coût de l’emballage et de l’expédition est à la charge de l’acheteur ; le règlement à l’ordre d’ADER.
Les acheteurs sont invités à organiser eux-mêmes le transport de leurs achats si ces conditions ne leur conviennent pas.
L’étude ADER ne fait pas les envois de bijoux, les acheteurs sont invités à organiser eux-mêmes le transport de leurs achats.
Défaut de paiement :
À défaut de paiement par l’adjudicataire de la totalité des sommes dues, dans le mois qui suit la vente, et après une seule mise en demeure restée infructueuse, ADER entamera une procédure de recouvrement. L’acheteur sera inscrit au fichier centralisé d’incidents de paiement du SYMEV (www.symev.org) et l’ensemble des dépends restera à sa charge. à compter d’un mois après la vente et à la demande du vendeur, la vente pourra être annulée sans recours possible.