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MASSENET Jules (1842 - 1912)

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MASSENET Jules (1842 - 1912)
12 L.A. (signed with an initials), 1889-1907, to HIS WIFE Ninon| 37 pages in-8 and 2 p. in-12.
September 3, 1889. "I want your first happiness to come from me": it is about the development of their "small hotel (built according to our wishes)" by the architect Dubuisson, rue Cardinet, that is to say 120.000 F for the land and the construction: "thanks to Esclarmonde we will be able to decide this affair"...
In 1905-1907, he often expressed his boredom: "I am bored... I am bored... and I will continue to be bored... [...] Yesterday evening Manon 7.581"| but also his tenderness: "I think of you and it is my life"... With Heugel, he negotiates at the Opera... "Messager told Heugel that he would give Thaïs IN ITS ENTIRETY to the stage sets &c... for Mlle Mary Garden"... He speaks about the rehearsals of Ariane at the Opera.... Etc.
16 L.A.S. to his daughter Juliette, or to her husband Léon BESSAND are attached.