Jules Massenet beautiful signed autograph letter a monotonous existence

  

His letter is addressed to a very dear friend. “My wife made me read four pages by Mme de Boisdeffre, four exquisite pages!

It made me feel alive in Vézelise.” Undoubtedly, the wife of the composer René de Boisdeffre (perhaps it is even him to whom the letter is addressed), with the two couples being very close.

After thanking him for his kindness and indulgence “for my little girl,” he then speaks of his life: “If your existence is calm, mine is monotonous. It’s always one orchestral page following another.

And it is like the horizon that never has boundaries. I am just numbering page 705!!! Final of the 4th act. The conservatory competitions and the awards ceremonies have distracted him: “what a distraction!” he writes with irony.

He finds solace in receiving letters from his children, as he is “often alone and not cheerful,” mentions the Hartmann concert, and is going to enjoy his. To go talk with Carvalho about the engagements for Werther.