SAINT SAËNS CAMILLE Autograph Letter Signed C Saint Saëns to

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"MY GREAT SUCCESSES HAVE HAD DIFFICULT BEGINNINGS...DANSE MACABRE, AMONG OTHERS" SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE. Autograph Letter Signed, "C. Saint-Saëns," to "Dear Sir," in French, sending proofs [not present], mentioning the proposal of [Léon] Jehin to produce The Promised Land at Monte Carlo, and observing that his most successful works were despised at their premieres. 3 pages, 4to, personal stationery, end of letter written across second and third pages; two holes punched in upper margin of each page affecting only text of date, horizontal fold. (MRS) [Paris], 18 October 1915

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"With this letter you will receive the last proofs that you sent me.
". . . A few days ago I received the visit of M. Jehin the celebrated orchestra conductor who expressed to me the desire to mount the Promised Land next winter at Monte Carlo.
"I have great confidence in the future of this work, since almost all of my great successes have had difficult beginnings: the [Second] Piano Concerto in G Minor, the [Introduction and] Rondo Capriccioso for Violin, the Danse Macabre, among others, declared detestable at their premiers.
"At Monte Carlo the choruses are sparser but excellent and the room is small; and the soloists will be first rate."