May 22, 2014 - Sale 2351

Sale 2351 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
FAURÉ, GABRIEL. Autograph Letter Signed, to 'Dear Countess,' in French, informing her that Tristan is being performed, urging her to attend a party, reporting having heard Lohengrin divinely sung, and asking for information about her arrival. 2 pages, 8vo, with integral blank, written on a folded sheet. Westminster, nd

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'Tristan is on for next Friday. You are coming, aren't you? You should . . . be present at the soirée of Madam Maddison on Thursday. . . . [W]e shall play a lot of her music.
'. . . At Mme de Reszke's home I heard an act from Lohengrin divinely sung by Jean. . . .'