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Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861

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Presumably a preliminary document for the libretto of the opéra historique in five acts by Auber, first performed at the Paris Opéra, 27 February 1833. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Gustave III livret : manuscript, [before 1833] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612846131 French dramatist. From the description of Autograph manuscript : [n.p., Paris?], [n.d., 1834?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669713 From the description of Inscription du c...

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit

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Composer. From the description of D. F. E. Auber miscellany, 1860-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122377121 Auber, French composer noted for his operas, including Manon. From the description of [Letter], 12 Jun. [18--] / Auber. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 152608612 French composer, pupil of Cherubini. Writer of grand operas and comic operas. From the description of Original manuscript copy of Fra Diavolo as sent to the printer b...

Saint-Georges, Henri, 1799-1875

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French dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 30 April 1855, to [Emile Perrin], 1855 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873676 ...

Halévy, F., 1799-1862

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Libretto by Saint-Georges; opera first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 17 March 1858. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Autographe d'Halévy : fragment de La magicienne : manuscript, [1858?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612871875 F. Halévy was a composer; he wrote the opera La Juive. From the description of Autographed musical score fragment and commentary, 1858. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155888413 Librett...

Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947

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Composed originally for clarinet and piano, 1903.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sarabande et thème varié : pour clarinette basse et piano / Reynaldo Hahn ; orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49980832 Hahn was a French composer. Madeleine-Jeanne Coll Lemaire (1845-1928 ) was a French painter and illustrator of Marcel Proust’s Les plaisirs et les jours . From the guide to the Reynald...

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921

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Composer. From the description of Camille Saint-Saëns autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1913 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 476902751 Saint-Saëns was known to have been composing the opera between 1881-1882. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Draft of the libretto of Henry VIII : manuscript, undated [between 1880 and 1883]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232649239 French composer, pianist, organist, and writer. ...

Caretie

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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

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During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...

Leuven, Adolphe de 1800-1884

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French librettist and director. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris, 5 August [1853 or 1857?], to [Emile Perrin], [1853 or 1857? Aug 5]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873509 ...

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

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Jules Massenet was a French composer. From the description of Letters, [ca. 1874-1909]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122616188 From the description of Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, [18--?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571050 From the guide to the Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, 18--?, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the comédie lyrique in three act...

Louis Verneuil (1893-1952), French playwright, actor, director, and dramatist, was the author of such works as "La vie merveilleuse de Sarah Bernhardt" and "Affairs of state." From the description of Théâtre complet : [tome] 2, Patrie!, L'espionne, Théodora : prompt book / Victorien Sardou. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68944675 French dramatist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Nenniam, 1890 Sept. 2...

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

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French writer. From the description of Mon salon, corrected proof, 1866. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80803997 From the description of Letters, 1858-1860, to Paul Cezanne. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84387915 Zola was a French novelist, critic, and political activist. The Dreyfus Affair was the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt Alfred Dreyfus (1859c1935), a French general staff officer. Zola w...

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870

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French man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to [Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873526 French author and administrator of antiquities. From the description of Letters, 1826-1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148610 ...

David, Félicien, 1810-1876

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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 15 November 1852, to Jules Perton[?] et Cie, 1852 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565393 From the description of [Symphony in E flat. Scherzo; arr.] : autograph manuscript, 1846 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562927 From the description of Ballet / Félicien David. [manuscript]. [n.d.] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562920 From the description of [Draf...

Remy, P.

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Lauzières

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Gallet, Louis, 1835-1898

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French librettist. From the description of Autograph announcement signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 2 March 1894, 1894 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873338 ...

Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882

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French art historian, critic and theoretician. From the description of Letters, ca. 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79881402 ...

Meyer, H.

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Bruneau, Alfred, 1857-1934

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French composer and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 18 April 1893, to Octave Pradels, 1893 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673860 From the description of Autograph letter signed : La Baule-sur-mer, to an unidentified fried, 1921 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522946 From the description of Autograph letters signed (8), dated : [Paris, and other places], 1887-97, to [Louis Gallet], 1887 June 11. (Unknow...

Philipp, Isidor, 1863-1958

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French pianist and teacher of Hungarian origin. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 21 September 1939, to M. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1939 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674956 Isidore Philipp was a French pianist, teacher, and composer. Margaret E. Brown was a piano student of Philipp. From the description of Letters to Margaret E. Brown, 1948-1955. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122466229 From t...

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Fernand Gregh, [n.d.]"Jeudi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Georges [de Lauris], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851761 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to [Robert de Montesquiou], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851766 Marcel Proust is generally regarded as one ...

Calvé, Emma, 1858-1942

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French opera singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125533 French dramatic soprano. From the description of Letter, [18]96 janv. 15, New York, to "Cher Ami," [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364122 French soprano. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [New York], 25 January 1897, 1897 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705640...

Downes, Olin

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American music critic. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : New York, 22 April 1932 and 16 June 1939, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1932 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565951 Olin Downes (1886-1955), American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955). From the description of Olin Downes manuscripts, [ca. 1926-1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476554 From the description of O...

Paulin

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Epithet: Medicus British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x00023d ...

Planté, G.

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Cooper, Martin

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Epithet: writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000319 ...

Buzin. J.

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Guiraud, Ernest, 1837-1892

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Ernest Guiraud, a French composer, studied piano with the recipient, A. Marmontel. In 1888 composer Paul Dukas won the 2nd Prix de Rome with a cantata, Velléda. From the description of Letter, 1888 June 27, Paris, to A. Marmontel. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517493 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified friend. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578451 From the description...

Perrin, Emile 1814-1885

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French impresario. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 28 November 1868, to Anatole, 1868 Nov. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873616 ...

Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896-1985

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Mina Stein Curtiss was born on October 13, 1896, in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith College in 1918, received a M.A. in English from Columbia University in 1920, and returned to Smith, where she was an associate professor until 1934. She was a research assistant for the Mercury Theater from 1935 to 1938, and she worked for the Office of War Information during World War II. She taught at Smith from 1940 to 1941. In 1942, Curtiss wrote and produced a local radio program in Des Moin...

Joxe, Mme.

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Delavigne, Germain, 1790-1868

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Epithet: dramatist; brother of Casimir Jean François Delavigne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x00025e ...

Weckerlin, Jean-Baptiste, 1821-1910

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French folklorist, bibliographer, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, [February?] 185[6], to an unidentified directeur, 1856 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873857 From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : [Paris, 7 May 1904], to M. [Victor-Charles] Mahillon, 1904 May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679074 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, [22 December 1858], to a...

Delsarte, François (1811-1871).

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François Alexandre Nicolas Chéri Delsarte (1811-1871) was a teacher of language, acting, singing and declamation. He developed an acting style known as the Delsarte Method that attempted to connect the inner emotional experience of the actor with a systematized set of gestures and movements based upon his own observations of human interaction. From the description of François Alexandre Nicolas Delsarte papers, 1811-1934 (bulk 1830-1899). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat reco...

Le Flem, Paul

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French composer and music critic. From the description of Autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., Paris], [n.d., 1941?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667202 ...

Roqueplan.

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Duprez, G.

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Elwart, A.

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Schnetz

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Viardot-García, Pauline, 1821-1910.

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French singer, composer, and teacher. From the description of Letter, 1872 Jan. 26, 48 Rue de Donai [Paris?] to "Cher maître" [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370451 Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) was one of the most celebrated French mezzo sopranos of the 19th century, and a truly cosmopolitan woman artist. The collection reflects all aspects of her life: firstly as a singer, composer, and teacher; secondly as the mistress and muse of Ivan Turgen...

Paladilhe, Emile, 1844-1926.

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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674212 Emile Paladilhe, French composer. Opera, with libretto by François Coppée. First performed 1872; vocal score published 1872. From the description of [Fragments from Le passant]. [circa 1872] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775719477 ...

Gastoué, A.

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Clamon, J.

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Du Locle, Camille

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French theatre director and librettist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Mustapha d'Alger, 26 April 1877, to [Auguste Barbier], 1877 Apr. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873288 Epithet: French librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000326 ...

Delsarte, François (1811-1871).

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Durand, Auguste, 1830-1909

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French organist, publisher, and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566052 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 25 March 1879, to Pablito [i.e. Pablo de Sarasate], 1879 Mar. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566048 ...

De Frême.

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Weldon, Georgina, 1837-1914

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Georgina Weldon was active in numerous artistic and political causes, and was a vocal supporter of the reform of England's Lunacy Laws. From the description of Letters, 1878-1885. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235173513 English soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 30 January 1871, to Mr. [Henry F.?] Chorley, 1871 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679107 ...

Lavoir, J.

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Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924

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French printmaker, illustrator and painter who worked and published in Paris and London. From the description of Letter : to J.M. Cundall, 1900(?) Aug. 29. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78011657 ...

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908

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French dramatist. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to M. Denis, "Mercredi 9". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507876 From the description of Document signed, dated : Paris, 8 June 1885, 1885 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873886 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873408 ...

Mocker, ...

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Saint-Victor, Paul de, 1827-1881

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Paul de Saint-Victor was a writer and critic. From the description of Autographed commentary, ca. 1855-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155887743 Paul de Saint-Victor, French essayist and critic. Both volumes were likely assembled by Alidor Delzant and Paul Lacroix (P. L. Jacob) after Saint-Victor's death in 1881 in preparation of the book version of Les Deux Masques. From the description of Notes and proofs...

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädt...

Lalo, Pierre, 1866-1943

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French music critic; son of the composer Edouard Lalo. From the description of Pierre Lalo reviews, 1911-1913. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 39145990 Biographical Sketch Son of Edouard Lalo, Pierre Lalo was born in Puteaux, September 6, 1866. He died in Paris, June 9, 1943. Pierre Lalo, a French music critic, was music review critic for Le temps (Paris) from October, 1898 until 1914. ...

Emmanuel, Maurice, 1862-1938

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Musicologist and composer. From the description of Letters, 1920-1933. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36281725 ...

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., n.d., 1874?], to [Choudens], [1874?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270977098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to [Ernest Reyer], n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672788 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to M. Ruelle, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672792 From the description of Autograp...

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897

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Henri Meilhac was a French dramatist, who often collaborated with Ludovic Halévy. From the guide to the Henri Meilhac plays, undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) This inscription is almost certainly by the French writer Henri Meilhac (1831-1897), who co-wrote the libretti for a number of operas and operettas, including Bizet's Carmen; Massenet's Manon; and Offenbach's La Périchole, La vie Parisienne and La belle Hélène. Fro...

Allers, Cw.

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Comettant, Oscar, 1819-1898

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French critic. From the description of Letter signed, dated : Paris, 18 October 1878, to [Joseph Bennett?], 1878 Oct. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564585 ...

Dean, Winton

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Epithet: wife of R B Dean British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x0000b9 ...

Cheri, Rose

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Gueymard.

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Verdot, Guy

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Straus, Geneviève, 1849-1926

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Geneviève Straus was the daughter of Fromental Halévy and Lèonie Rodriguès. She maried the composer George Bizet in 1869; he died in 1875. Their son Jacques was a preparatory school classmate of Marcel Proust. In 1886 she married the lawyer Emile Straus (1884-1929); they held one of the artistic salons in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th century. Proust used her as the basis for his Duchesse of Guermantes in his A la recherche du temps perdu. Through their friendship with Joseph Reinach...

Seghers.

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R.P.

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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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Dumas, the French novelist. Jacques François Fromental Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy, was a French composer. From the description of [Letter, undated, to] M. Halévy / A. Dumas. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 225160848 His last, unfinished, historical romance. Never published in French in book form. From the description of Le comte de Moret : manuscript, [ca. 1869]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612780552 French nov...

Guyot, Em.

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Lowens, Irving

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American musicologist, music critic, and librarian. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Washington, D.C., 26 October 1964, to James J. Fuld, 1964 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874495 Irving Lowens (1916-1983) was a music critic, musicologist, librarian, and educator based in the Washington, D.C. area. He is notable for his role as Chief Music Critic of the Washington Star newspaper (1960-1978), his tenure as Assistant Head of ...

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