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Title
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Contributor
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Feydeau, Georges, 1862-1921
Granier, Jeanne, 1852-1939
Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947
Messager, André, 1853-1929
Monod, Gabriel, 1844-1912
Peter, René
Abstract

Circa 200 autograph letters, signed, from Hahn to Peter, 1899-1947 and undated (Boxes 1-2), concerning their friendship, Hahn's music and music of others, and Peter's writings, and referring to Claude Debussy, André Messager, and other musicians and authors. Many letters are written as poems. Also present are single letters from Hahn to Gabriel Monod, 1898, and to Hahn from Georges Feydeau and Jeanne Granier, undated.

Related papers (Box 2), consist of additional poems by Hahn, typescript, 1946 and undated; a Proust questionnaire, printed, completed in holograph by Hahn, 1900 December; a scenario for a film titled Découvertes, by Hahn and Peter, typescript with corrections, undated; and a photograph of Peter, annotated by Hahn, undated.

Description
Purchased from Les Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008.
René Peter, French author and son-in-law of André Messager.
Reynaldo Hahn, French composer, conductor, and author.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
French

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
GEN MSS 713
Collection Title
Reynaldo Hahn letters to René Peter and related papers
Collection / Other Creator
Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947
Collection Date
1898-1947
Container / Volume
Box 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Typescripts
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name)
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Feydeau, Georges, 1862-1921
Granier, Jeanne, 1852-1939
Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947
Messager, André, 1853-1929
Monod, Gabriel, 1844-1912
Peter, René
Subject (Topic)
Authors, French--19th century
Authors, French--20th century
Composers--France

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Citation
Reynaldo Hahn Letters to René Peter and Related Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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Orbis Record
9172080
Object ID (OID)
17316455

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