BRÉVILLE
(Pierre de, 1861-1949, French Composer)
'La terre les eaux va buvant', mock-serious song for voice and piano,
6/4 in B flat, the words by Ronsard telling how the earth drinks from the rain, the trees from the earth, and so on in a cycle, so "why should we not drink?", signed and inscribed in French to the soprano Madame Henriette Fuchs "With Respectful Regards", from 'Oeuvres Vocales', second collection, 1+2+1 sides 13¾" x 10½", Paris, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie., April
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
54508
£75
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BRÉVILLE
(Pierre de, 1861-1949, French Composer)
'O mon ange gardien', reflective song for voice and piano,
2/4 in E major, the words from Francis Jammes' cycle 'L'église habillée de feuilles' ('The church clothed in leaves', 1906), asking his guardian angel, whom he forgot in his delight in the seasons in turn, now to hold his hand, signed and inscribed in French to the soprano Madame Henriette Fuchs "With Respect", from 'Oeuvres Vocales', second collection, 1+4+1 sides 13¾" x 10½", Paris, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie., April
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
54509
£75
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BREMA
(Marie, 1856-1925, Mezzo Soprano)
Part Autograph Letter Signed with her large signature,
about arranging an engagement, "the Paris performances have been put off a few days", 2 sides 8vo., 17 Sussex Villas, Kensington, no date, c.
lacks conjugate leaf
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
51348
£75
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BREMA
(Marie, 1856-1925, Mezzo Soprano) and BRAND (Tita, her daughter, Actress)
Signatures
and good wishes on card with remains of a pressed flower, no date, c.
trace of laying down on verso
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
14741
£25
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BRET
(Gustave, 1875-1969, French Conductor, Organist, Critic & Composer)
'Marguerite d'Écosse', passionate art song for voice and piano,
F sharp minor in 3/4, No. 1 of 'Deux Mélodies', words by Théodore de Banville, (1823-1891), set at the court of Margaret's neglectful husband the Dauphin (Louis XI), and describing her famous kiss on the mouth of the poet Alain Chartier (for the poems he had spoken), although the ugliest man of his day, signed and inscribed in French "to Mademoiselle Thérèse Roger Respectful Homage", rococo title frame, 1+5+1 sides 13¾" x 10¾", Pfister Frères, Paris, no date, circa
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
54505
£100
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