François Bazin, signed autograph letter to Francis WEY, preface, 3 pages

  
Three-page signed autograph letter to Francis Wey concerning a preface, 1844.

Signed autograph letter from François Bazin, dated November 11, 1844, addressed to Francis Wey. In this letter, the composer thanks Wey for his help with the preface to a musical work in preparation. He discusses the planned publication and the need for further details regarding the preface. Bazin emphasizes the importance of an introduction signed by Wey, which he regards as a decisive contribution to the publication.

The final page of the letter is a carefully prepared, framed layout headed “Malherbe,” outlining the project: musical settings of poetry from the 15th and 16th centuries, composed by François Bazin, with a preface by Francis Wey. Several names are noted on the page, including “Mullin du 15?” and Olivier Bardelin, possibly referring to source texts or collaborators.

This document records a publishing project to set early poetry to music, undertaken by a recognized composer with the support of an influential 19th-century man of letters.

The project does not appear to have come to fruition.

Dimensions: 11 x 17.4 cm.

Condition: See photos for further details.

François Emmanuel Joseph Bazin, born on September 4, 1816, in Marseille and died on July 2, 1878, in Paris’s 9th arrondissement, was a French composer and teacher.

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