He asks if it is indeed Thursday, March 1, that he should summon the jury members for the ode-symphony. He has the orchestral score and the vocal parts of the Pater available to him. He regrets not having the parts for the instruments.
But Gigout (Eugène Gigout, who is a professor at the School of Sacred Music) must write to? Who certainly possesses them as the piece was sung by Faure (the baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure) at Saint-Roch under his direction. It may concern the Pater Noster by Niedermayer. Header of the Society of Concerts of the School of Sacred Music.Addressing a lady, he asks if she is available to sing at Saint-Roch the works of Abbot Gilbert.