Charles Gounod signed autograph letter execution of Redemption music

  
The composer begins by apologizing, as he fell asleep very late and missed his friend in the morning. He would have been told how satisfied he was with "the beautiful execution of Redemption" and was "deeply touched by the sympathetic dedication and intelligence that everyone in the staff of the Union [the Artistic Union of Paris] brought to make [his] task easy and to prepare such a beautiful result for [him].