Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). 3 L.A.S., 1890-1894, to his fri - Lot 37

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). 3 L.A.S., 1890-1894, to his friend the musicologist Julien Tiersot; 7 pages in-8, 2 envelopes. Cuincy près Douai, Monday [August 19, 1890]. His friend Tannery has been commissioned by Hachette to revise Bouillet's dictionary [...] The said Tannery has collocated with me the music articles to be replastered or rebound or redone. I accepted carelessly, not really thinking what I was getting myself into, and here I am with piles of little pieces of paper in front of my nose, proving to me the prodigious number of things I don't know. He would like to know if there is such a thing as a well-made music dictionary [...] It would serve me well to check Loquin's articles, which sometimes seem odd to me ... He's near Douai until mid-September, then off to Béarn... Bonneuil-Matours on Friday morning. He regrets not having been able to attend a concert at the Cercle Saint-Simon, having received the tickets too late to give them to people who were very happy to applaud this young, French and contemporary music. [...] Above all, don't cut your beard. December 13 [1894]. How would you like to come and sing fragments of Cherubini and Franck on Christmas Day at Donnemarie, at Husson's house. We're all going together. [...] Husson has asked me to tell you that he would be happy to see you among the tenors... Attached is an autograph P.S. with the notation compositeur de musique and his address, Paris February 9, 1898, subscription to the Revue biographique des notabilités françaises contemporaines.