BOURGAULT-DUCOUDRAY
(Louis Albert, 1840-1910, Breton Composer & Scholar)
Song 'Les yeux de ma mie' ('My sweetheart's eyes'),
for contralto or baritone, in D minor, in a setting powerful and delicate by turns, words by the Breton folklorist Anatole Le Braz, (1859-1926), describing the images he sees there, including the 'three sailors who went away to sea', signed and inscribed in French "Affectionate Homage" to the soprano Madame Henriette Fuchs, decorative lithograph title with sea scenes and an intricate patterned frame, 9 sides 14" x 10¾", Léon Grus, Paris, no date but
Item Date:
1895
Stock No:
54504
£75
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BRAHAM
(John, 1777-1856, English Tenor and Composer)
Signature,
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Stock No:
11419
£15
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BRÉVILLE
(Pierre de, 1861-1949, French Composer)
'Bonjour mon coeur', light-hearted song for voice and piano,
6/8 in a modal D minor, the words by Ronsard addressed to the poet's bird-like heart, signed and inscribed in French to the soprano Madame Henriette Fuchs "Respectful Homage", from 'Oeuvres Vocales', second collection, 1+2+1 sides 13¾" x 10½", Paris, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie., 9th March
short closed tear in fore-edges without loss
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
54507
£75
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BRÉVILLE
(Pierre de, 1861-1949, French Composer)
'Épitaphe', a charming setting for voice and piano,
2/4 in B flat, the words from the inscription of 1621 in the church at Senan on the tomb of Marie Dupuis, including her anagram 'Dieu m'a prise', telling her husband that she was taken in the spring of her life to avoid the storms of autumn, signed and inscribed in French to the soprano Madame Henriette Fuchs "Respectful Homage", title with the heading of the epitaph within a renaissance border, 1+2 sides 13¾" x 10½", Paris, E. Baudoux & Cie.,
lacks (?blank) conjugate leaf to title, edges professionally repaired
Item Date:
1899
Stock No:
54506
£65
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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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