Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...

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Four measures from the 2nd violin part of "Oui! je fus cruelle et coupable!" (the "Ah! rends moi ton amour si tu veux que je vive" section) in Act III of Massenet's opera Manon. Inscribed by the composer "à Mlle Hélène Cohn, respectueusement, Massenet 1897." Sent to Vienna on May 17, 1897, from Aix-Les-Bains.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed, Fontainebleau, 1876 August 5, 2 pages, in French. Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1876 [November 1] "Toussaint", 1 page, in French. Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1877 October 27, 2 pages, in French. Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1878 January 19, 3 pages, in French. Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1878 February 19(possibly 18), 2 pages, in French. Autograph letter signed, Angers, 1878 March 30, 2 pages, in...

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1) Sketches for a song for treble voice and piano, 2 pages.
2) Sketches for two parts of an opera, scored for voice and full orchestra, 2 pages.
3) Sketch for a song for treble voice and piano, 1 page.
4) Piano reduction of a piece intended for orchestration, comprising bars 290 – 353. 3 pages, numbered 15-17.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...

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Title leaf only, with the composer’s vigorous comments about necessary corrections to be made, signed with initials (three times).

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Quotation 1: 3 measures from Manon, act 2, with the singer's name, Miss Sibyl Sanderson, added parenthetically by Massenet. Signed and dated by the composer "1ere rep: Covent Garden, London, mardi 19 Mai 1891".
Quotation 2: 3+ measures from Massenet's rendition of "Le sais-tu?" in G Major, lyrics from a poem by Stéphan Bordèse. No location noted and undated, though the song is recorded as having been composed and published in 1880.