ERLANGER, Camille (1863-1919). Important set of 78 documents - Lot 235

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ERLANGER, Camille (1863-1919). Important set of 78 documents - Lot 235
ERLANGER, Camille (1863-1919). Important set of 78 documents, mostly addressed to his great friend, Henry Deutsch de La Meurthe (1846-1919), oil industrialist, patron of the automobile and aeronautical industries, and composer, notably of the opera "Icare", orchestrated by Erlanger: -73 L.A.S. Paris (mostly), 1906-1917 [mainly from 1908 to 1911]. About 132 pp. in-4, in-8 or in-12. Some paper defects. Dense and very interesting musical correspondence. Erlanger evokes his roles and plays, their rehearsals, creations, successes, etc.: Le Rêve, Bacchus triomphant, Le Juif polonais, St Julien l'Hospitalier, Le Fils de l'Etoile, Aphrodite, L'Aube rouge, La Sorcière, etc.; and particularly their common project, Icare (1911). He also evokes his inspirations and projects: Carmen, Tosca, Samson et Dalila, Salomé, David et Bethsabée, Armide, as well as the Opéra-comique, the Opéra de Paris and various theaters, journalists, Richepin (Judith, La Route d'émeraude), etc. -Autograph musical manuscript signed. 1891. 1 p. large folio. Fragments. 23 staves of notes from the cantata "Velleda", and sent from Rome to his pupil René Jullien, according to a note on the verso. -4 P.A.S. or C.P.A.S. to Henry Deutsch de La Meurthe, Rachel Boyer and Delmas. 1900 to 1913. 3 pp. in-8 or in-12 oblong. A telegram is attached. 1909.
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