French pianist (1816-1898). 2 autograph letters signed. N. p. o. d. 12mo. Together 4½ pp. on bifolia.
$ 322 / 300 €
(90080/BN59531)
In an interesting letter to the composer Victor Massé, Marmontel congratulates his colleague at the Paris Conservatory for a cantata by his student Paul Puget: "Mes cordiales félicitations pour la belle Cantate de Puget. On reconnait dans l'ensemble et les détails de cette partition l'excellente direction du maître, et le brillant élève vous fait grand honneur. [...]". The cantata in question is very likely Mazeppa that won Puget the Prix de Rom in 1873. - The second letter to an unnamed administrator at the Conservatory concerns the organisation of upcoming auditions and the problem of "the sensitivity of the parents" during such events: "Voici sauf les rectifications qui vous paraitrons convenables et aussi l'intercalation [?] des trois morceaux chant, violon et chœur.