Léo DELIBES and Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921).... - Lot 64 - Ader

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Léo DELIBES and Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921).... - Lot 64 - Ader
Léo DELIBES and Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921). Double musical P.A.S., 1890-1892; 2 oblong pages in-4 (one sheet recto-verso). Album leaf with music by Delibes and Saint-Saëns, for Princess Hélène Bibesco (1855-1902), patron and pianist, wife of Prince Alexandre (1842-1911). Delibes. Extract from Lakmé, 7 bars for voice and piano of the aria of Lakmé in the 2nd act) : " In the forest near us hides a small bamboo hut, which a big green tree shelters ", dated Xbre 1890, and dedicated to Princess Héléne Alex. Bibesco. On the back, Saint-Saëns has written 3 bars of arpeggios on a system of 6 staves in 6/8, with a poetic commentary : " Quand sur l'ivoire et l'ébène / Courent vos doigts futiles / Les Sylphes à perdre haleine / Les poursuivent affolés ", signed and dated 1892 with a note " à Madame la Princesse Hélène Bibesco ".
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