French composer and chansonnier (1820-1893). Autograph letter signed. Nice. 29.01.1882. 8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium.
90 €
(45071/BN31143)
To a journalist, thanking him for favorable reviews and the announcement of a new edition: "Comment vous remercier de tant d’amabilité? Je vous assure que je suis très touché de ce que vous dites de moi et de mes chansons [...] Je suis aussi pleinement satisfait de la façon dont vous annoncez mon édition. Je ne pourrai pas suivre de tout point les avis que vous me donnez, par l'excellente raison que le premier tirage est épuisé et je ne pourrai pas avoir de nouveaux exemplaires avant deux ou trois mois [...]". - The edition in question is probably the first volume of "Chansons Choisies de Gustave Nadaud" from 1881. - With traces of former mounting.
French composer and chansonnier (1820-1893). Autograph letter signed. Nice. 05.03.1882. Small-8vo. 3 pp. on bifolium.
80 €
(45072/BN31144)
To the journalist and music critic Charles Vincens, concerning a party in honor of the industrialist and patron of the arts Louis-Honoré Arnavon. Considering a "great misfortune" that had struck Arnavon, Naudad thought that the party in Marseille was cancelled but Vincens had informed him that it would still take place: "Hier j'avais écrit à Mr Arnavon qu'en présence du grand malheur qui le frappe je croyais devoir renoncer au voyage de Marseille et à la fête qu'on avait bien voulu préparer". - Nadaud was expecting a swift recovery from a mild illness and looking forward to be hosted by the mutual friend Alexis Rostand in Marseille. - Minimal foxing.
French composer and chansonnier (1820-1893). Autograph letter signed. Nice. 06.02.1882. 8vo. 1 p.
80 €
(45073/BN31145)
To the journalist and music critic Charles Vincens, thanking him for a favorable review and announcing the delivery of a copy of his Chansons Illustrées from 1882: "Nouveaux remerciements pour votre nouvel article de vendredi dans la Gazette du Midi. Vous me gâtez. Que ferai je pour reconnaitre tant de grâce et d'amabilité ? - Je me mets à la disposition du Cercle artistique pour me rendre à son appel. Sonia que doit aller à Marseille la semaine prochaine vous portera votre exemplaire de mes chansons illustrées [...]". - Minimally duststained.
French composer and chansonnier (1820-1893). Autograph musical manuscript signed. No place or date. 8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. With 7 systems of 3, respectively 2, staves.
250 €
(85942/BN56632)
With presumably unpublished autograph text: "Jean-net-te, Jeanne-ton, Dansons un rigaudon [...]". A note preceding the signature might suggest that the text was provided by the recipient, who may have asked Nadaud to set it to music: "Mis en musique par G. Nadaud". - On stationery with engraved monogram. Small edge flaws.
French composer and chansonnier (1820-1893). 1 autograph manuscript signed, autograph letter signed, 1 autograph lettercard signed and 2 autograph notes signed. Paris, Nice, Cairo, and n. p. Small 8vo and 12mo. Together 6½ pp.
650 €
(88499/BN58360)
Collection of documents from the last decade of Gustave Nadaud's life, including the original manuscript of his chanson "Albion en Egypte". The fair copy was written in Cairo on 16 January 1883 and is a satirical take on the British occupation of Egypt from 1882, evoking the anti-British trope of "Perfidious Albion": "Egyptiens, combien s'envie | Le sort que vous font les Anglais, | Ils versent le miel de la vie | Dans les mailles de leurs filets. | Dormez sur l'une et l'autre oreille. | Ils sont puissants, ils sont nombreux.
| Albion veille: | Egyptiens, soyez heureux!". It was published in Nadaud's "Nouvelles chansons à dire ou à chanter" (Paris, 1891). - In a letter to a M. Dubus, Nadaud announces a trip to Belgium via his native city of Roubaix, for which reason he will be unable to meet the recipient. An undated note presents Nadaud's apologies to a M. Lacroix, as Nadaud had been "the cause of the evil", apparently referring to an accident that caused injury to the recipient's foot. The note was probably delivered by a woman whom Nadaud had sent to take care of Lacroix's injury. - In the final letter from 28 October 1892, Nadaud thanks an unnamed friend for sending him his latest book: "Vous étes mille fois aimable de me donner un souvenir à moi [...]". - The manuscript shows some browning and minor stains. Well preserved..
French composer and chansonnier (1820-1893). Autograph letter signed. N. p. 12mo. ½ p. on bifolium.
180 €
(90149/BN59600)
Declining an invitation by the unidentified recipient because of a trip to the countryside: "Mille remerciements et mille regrets. Je pars jeudi matin pour la campagne [...]". - On stationery with embossed monogram. With traces of former mounting.