NORFOLK (Gwendoline Mary, d. 1945, Baroness Herries in her own right, Wife of the 15th Duke)

Autograph Letter Signed to Alice Verne Bredt, (1868-1958, the Pianist & Composer), sending her sympathy on the death of her sister, Mathilde Verne, (1865-1936, Pianist and Teacher), "at her party which was to have been here!", 2 sides 8vo., Norfolk House, St. James's Square, S.W.1, 13th June

Mathilde died, surrounded by musician friends, at a party at the Savoy to launch her book 'Chords of Remembrance', 1936. In 1911 she took the young Solomon into her school and boarded and educated him. The Duchess of York, the present Queen Mother, was patron of the school and a close friend of Mathilde's.

Item Date:  1936

Stock No:  15153      £15

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