Later silver print
[Paris, 1863], approx. 13,7 x 10 cm
The iconic portrait of Berlioz by Pierre Petit
Original photograph by Julien Ganz
Period albumen print (1882), cabinet format
Striking and unpublished portrait of the musician
Autograph letter signed « M. Pleyel » [to Louis Brandus?]
Brussels, n.d « 15th January » [after 1865], 1 p. in-8°
« Will you think me too indiscreet if I ask you to send me Liszt’s piece on the Indian march of the Africaine… »
Original silver print on cartoline
N.p.n.d. [Paris, c. 1920], approx. 16 x 11,2 cm without margins
One of the most elegant portraits of the composer by Lipnitzky
Autograph letter signed « LA Bourgault Ducoudray » to Henri Passerieu
Vernouillet [15 Sept. 1880], 4 pp. in-12°
« The version of La Marseillaise I prefer is the one published by Rouget de Lisle in 1825 in his collection Chants français »
Portrait of Clara Wieck-Schumann, vintage albumen print
[Vienna, c. 1870], carte-de-visite format
Famous portrait of Clara Wieck-Schumann by Fritz Luckhardt
Original photography by Alfred Lorens, S. Petersbourg
Period albumen print [c. 1874], carte-de-visite format
Superb portrait of the Russian composer, aged 33
Autograph letter signed « Hector Berlioz » to Alfred de Vigny
Paris, 18 Sept. [1833], 1 p. in-4°
« My poor Ophelia… She believes herself forgotten by the whole world »
Autograph letter signed « Georges Bizet » to Philippe Gille
N.p.n.d. [Paris, late 1864], 3 pp. in-8° with envelope
« My orchestration of Ivan is nearly complete, and now it is time to finish La Prêtresse »
Autograph card signed « PB » to André Dubois
[Cologne, 10 Sept. 1952], 1 p. in-8° on a postcard’s verso
« What shall I tell you about the journeys in this divine valley that Victor Hugo has not already said? »
Autograph manuscript for L’Orage
s.l.n.d. [c. 1975], 8 oblong folio leaves (30 × 40 cm)
« Parlez-moi de la pluie et non pas du beau temps / Le beau temps me dégoûte et m’ fait grincer les dents… »
Autograph manuscript for Les Trompettes de la renommée
s.l.n.d. [c. 1976], 4 oblong folio leaves (30 × 40 cm) on small-ruled paper
« Si je publie des noms combien de Pénélopes / Passeront illico pour de fieffées salopes… »
Two autograph manuscripts: Fernande and Le Roi
s.l.n.d., 2 pp., large quarto on small-ruled paper, recto and verso, green ink.
« Il y a peu de chances qu’on / Détrône le roi des cons »
Fernande: 33 rpm vinyl record, inscribed « G. Brassens »
Paris, Oct. 1973, approx. 31 x 31 cm
« With the sincere friendship of the old bear… »
Reimpression : 33 rpm vinyl record, inscribed « J. Brel »
N.p. [c. 1977], approx. 31.3 x 31.3 cm
« I send you my love… »
Autograph musical quote signed « Gustave Charpentier »
N.p., July 1936, 1 p. in-4°
« Louise, Act 1, Scene 3… »
Autograph note signed « Claude Debussy » to Jean Périer
N.p., 29 Oct. [19]06, 1/2 p. in-12° on blue laid paper
« Rest assured, I have not forgotten Pelléas »
Autograph notes for Charlotte for Ever
N.p.n.d [c. 1985-86], 1 p. in-4°
« Navy Blue Leather Glove… »
Autograph manuscript signed (in the text)
N.p.n.d. [c. 1988-1989], 1 p. large in-4°
« Featuring Gainsbourg »
Autograph quote signed « Gainsbourg »
N.p.n.d. [1980s], 1 p. in-folio (15,5 x 29,5 cm) oblong
« A Pascal, chauffeur de taxi qui m’a taxé un Pascal »
Proofs with autograph corrections, signed « SG »
N.p.n.d. [Paris, 1986], 8 p. in-4°
« Caresses and punches in the face are the thick and thin strokes of love. »
Autograph manuscript
N.p.n.d. [Paris, 1990], 3 p. in-4°
« Oh, I would love to / Drown in the pond / Like Ophelia / Forget the time / Let myself slip without / Thinking of forgetting »
First draft autograph manuscrit
N.p.n.d. [Paris, early 1990], 3 p. in-4°
« J’ai de la peine / Je sens o je sens et le sang / qui se glace dans mes veines »
Autograph letter signed « Yvette Guilbert » to a gentleman
S.l., 16 Sept . 1892, 4 p. small in-8°
« No need to study the songs… the prompter is there. Nor even to understand them. That’s the audience’s business… »
Autograph letter signed “Vincent d’Indy“, enhanced with autograph CV
Bruxelles, 24th November 1896, 5 p. 1/2 small in-8
“So I’m just sending you a very simple story of organist, timbalier, conductor of hearts, composer…”
Autograph letter signed « Jacques Offenbach » to Philippe Gille
N.p.n.d. [after 1868], 1 p. in-8° (with autograph envelope)
« In the past, one would certainly have noted in your paper the rather curious fact of a musician or some writer rehearsing three pieces at the same time »
Autograph letter signed « Pupuce » to Yves Montand
Metz, 5th April 1946, 2 pp. in-4° on the Hôtel de Metz’s letterhead
« When I get on stage, people are screaming and I haven’t sung yet, you can see that my reputation goes a long way… »
Autograph letter signed « Eydith » to Yves Montand
« Nevers, 16th May 1945 at noon and twenty three minutes », 2 p. 1/2 in-8°
« I love you to death »
Autograph letter signed « Édit Piaf » to a friend
Paris, 6th June 1946, 1/2 p. in-4° on her letterhead
« I wish you in life to be as happy as I am right now, even with a man who doesn’t love me! »
Autograph letter signed « Francis Poulenc » to Frederick Woods
[Saint-Raphaël], 3rd April 1960, 1 p. in-12°
« Excuse me, but I don’t have the time or the inclination to talk about the Bal Masqué »
Autograph letter signed « Francis Poulenc » to [Philippe] Parès
Cannes [c. 1954], 1 p. 1/2 in-4° on light blue paper
« Will I have the joy of hearing the trio’s trials already? You know that nothing in the world amuses me more »
Vintage silver gelatin print by the Hrand Studio
[Paris, c. 1930], 22,8 x 17,2 cm
Spectacular large-format print of the virtuoso pianist and composer
Autograph letter signed « Maurice Ravel » to Jean Bérard
N.p., 25th Oct. 1929, 1 p. 1/2 in-8°, in black ink
« Thank you for sending me the draft contract »
Autograph letter signed « Maurice Ravel » to Maurice Emmanuel
[Montfort-l’Amaury], « 14/10/[19]22 », 4 p. in-8°
« An upward progression of sound »
Autograph letter signed « C. Saint S » [to Louis Gallet]
S.l, 5 February, 2 p. in-4°
« This piece did not amuse me to do »
Autograph letter signed « C. Saint-Saëns » to a friend
Hammam R’Ihra [close by Algiers, Algeria], 18 Dec. 1911, 6 pp. in-4°
« If you could see it — such delightful landscapes, such lush vegetation, such sunshine by day and such stars by night!… Just one day of travel, a few hours by train, and then you find paradise! »
Period silver print
[Moscow, 1952], 17,9 x 11,5 cm
Striking portrait of the Russian composer
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