CHARPENTIER, GUSTAVE. Autograph Letter Signed, "G. Charpentier," to a conductor ("Dear friend"), in...

CHARPENTIER, GUSTAVE. Autograph Letter Signed, "G. Charpentier," to a conductor ("Dear friend"), in French, providing detailed instructions on how to interpret his two-part choral work. 3 pages, small 8vo, written on a folded sheet, third page written vertically; horizontal fold. Np, nd

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". . . [B]eginning at 14, remaining very calm--these are the people who are listening--trembling, perhaps, but they're listening--one must imagine it--therefore softer and calmer . . . .
". . . [T]o summarize, what I would like especially is more calm before 19 and beginning with 19, not stopping (except for the 4 measures of 21) until the end. . . . Don't you agree?"

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