Jules Massenet Autograph Letter Signed 05/09/1912

Make an Offer Today and Get a Quick Response! Take a Look at This Week's Specials! JULES MASSENET - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/09/1912 - HFSID 344129. JULES MASSENET The well-known French composer signs this letter to a friend, handwritten and dated 1912, just a few months before his death.

Massenet composed many of the world's best known operas of today, spanning multiple genres. A photo of the artist is included in this mounted and framed piece Autograph Letter Signed: " Massenet " in blue ink. Double-matted and framed with a head-and-shoulders photograph of the composer to an overall size of 15x12.

Letter in French, in part (translated): With the greatest joy, and being very honored by your letter, I say to you: See you next Sunday, 12 May, at 5:30 sharp, alas! While still a schoolboy, Massenet was admitted to France's principal music college, the Paris Conservatoire. After winning the country's top musical prize, the Prix de Rome, in 1863, he composed prolifically in many genres, but quickly became best known for his operas. He wrote more than forty stage works in a wide variety of styles, from opéra-comique to grand-scale depictions of classical myths, romantic comedies, lyric dramas, as well as oratorios, cantatas and ballets. His best known works to this day are "Manon, " "Werther, " and Thais. Massenet later became a professor at the Conservatoire. He taught composition there from 1878 until 1896. Red pencil mark through middle of letter. Not framed in Gallery of History Style. See more material from these signers.

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Authentication: Numbered COA issued by Gallery of History, Inc.
Signed by: Jules Massenet
Autograph Type: Autograph Letter Signed
Autograph: Authentic Original