Jules MASSENET: Autograph Musical Quotation and Letter Signed (MARIA MAGDELEINE)

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Massenet, Jules. (1842–1912)
Autograph Letter Signed and Autograph Musical Quotation from "Marie Magdeleine"
Autograph letter signed from the important French operatic composer, together with an autograph musical quotation. Letter dated Paris, 4 December 1890. 2 pp. Translated from the French: "I am in receipt of the program of the concert in which you have done me the honor of directing
Marie Magdeleine.
I am most happy and proud of this tribute." The autograph musical quotation, from the third act of
Marie Magdeleine
, is dated Paris, 1887. AMQS 9 x 11.3 centimeters; letter 10.6 x 17.5 centimeters.
Marie-Magdeleine
is an
oratorio
(Drame Sacré) in three acts and four parts
to a French
libretto
by
Louis Gallet
. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'
Odéon
in
Paris
on 11 April 1873, starring the great contralto
Pauline Viardot
. The first staged performance took place in
Nice
on February 9, 1903. It was Massenet's first success and won him the praise of
Tchaikovsky
,
Gounod
and
Bizet
.
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