Reynaldo Hahn letters to René Peter and related papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | 16-20
Image Count:
141
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
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. and 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., and Reynaldo Hahn, French composer, conductor, and author.
Reynaldo Hahn letters to René Peter and related papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | 1-15
Image Count:
474
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
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. and 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., and Reynaldo Hahn, French composer, conductor, and author.
Albert Cuyp -- Paul Potter -- Anton van Dyck -- Antoine Watteau., At head of title: A Madame Madeleine Lemaire., BEIN 2000 Folio 123: Without the portfolio. One set of original wrappers., BEIN Koch Folio 7: All four fascicles in original wrappers in portfolio as issued. 38 cm. At head of port. in first fascicle is a presentation inscription from Marcel Proust [to Hahn?]. From the Frederick R. Koch Collection, FRKF 1366., Cover title., and Sheets loose, engraved throughout; each piece with separate pagination.
Publisher:
Heugel & cie,
Subject (Name):
Hahn, Reynaldo,--1875-1947--Presentation inscription from M. Proust, Koch, Frederick R.--(Frederick Robinson)--Ownership, Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922, Proust, Marcel,--1871-1922--Musical settings, and Proust, Marcel,--1871-1922--Presentation inscription to R. Hahn