(COMPOSERS) Group of 14 items Signed or Signed and Inscribed

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(COMPOSERS.) Group of 14 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by European composers and writers of the early 20th century, including correspondence from Edward Elgar and Walter Damrosch concerning a project to publish original compositions for children, and with manuscripts of some of the commissioned music. Format and condition vary. Vp, 1921-22

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Walter Damrosch (5). Two ALsS and 3 TLsS, each to music publisher J. Tatian Roach, reporting his progress in enlisting composers for contributions to a publication. Together 10 pages, mostly 8vo. Paris or New York, 1921-22 Edward Elgar. ALS, to Walter Damrosch, declining to write the "children's things." Fittleworth, 26 July 1921 Charles Marie Widor. Two Autograph Musical Manuscripts Signed and Inscribed to Damrosch: "Le Chêne du Souvenir," and "Hymne aux Ancêtres." Each with lyrics in French. Togerther 8 pages, large 4to. Paris, November 1921 Auguste Dorchain. Autograph Poem Signed, entitled "Hymne aux Ancêtres," 6 stanzas, in French. 2 pages, 4to. Np, nd Paul Vidal. Two Autograph Musical Manuscripts dated and Signed: "Laugh it off!" and "The Manger Song of Mary." Each with lyrics in English. Together 6 pages, oblong 8vo. Np, 16-23 [October] 1921 Jules Casadesus. Two Typed Poems Signed, one an English translation of the other in French: "Enthousiasme," 3 stanzas. Each 1 page, 4to. Np, nd Roger Ducasse. Signature and date, on last page of a musical manuscript, in a copyist's hand, of two choirs: "Le Soir," and "Printemps." 10 pages, 4to. Np, 1921.