André JOLIVET. Lot n° 50

Three autograph music manuscripts, 2 signed, Suite rhapsodique for solo violin [K 244], 1965; 23 leaves in various formats, and 2 in-fol. notebooks of 16 and 12 pages in titled folders.All the sketches and two versions of this Suite rhapsodique for solo violin, inspired by Hebrew and oriental music heard during a visit to Israel in 1963: "A true return to the sources from which it seemed to me that our occidental violin could benefit. The sources of inspiration of this Suite justify its monodic nature. According to Devy Erlih, who was the inspired interpreter: "The Rhapsodic Suite, compared to the main works written for solo violin, has nothing iconoclastic about it but reinvents, here too, another expression of the instrument: magic, transcendence, mysticism". Performed at the Canadian Embassy in Paris on September 28, 1965, by Hyman Bress, it was given its first public performance at the Salle des Conservatoires on February 9, 1966, by Devy Erlih, and published by Boosey & Hawkes in 1966. It consists of five movements: A. Præludio; B. Aria I; C. Intermezzo; D. Aria II; E. Finale: vivo e marcato assai.Pencil sketches abundantly erased and corrected, movements I and III (named Trio) on 15 oblong 8-line leaves, the others on 8 large 16-line leaves; the last one is taken from the manuscript of La Queste de Lancelot (radio music of 1943): entitled Sommeil de Lancelot et biffé, Jolivet reused the theme for the finale.Manuscript of the first version, neatly neatened in black ink on 18-line Durand paper (16 pages, plus 2 small cut-out fragments), then overwritten with corrections, variants and annotations in black pencil. The original title: Sonatine rhapsodique has been corrected to "Suite". Manuscript of the final version, carefully edited in e