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Maurice YVAIN (1891-1965). 2 autographed musical...

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Maurice YVAIN (1891-1965). 2 autographed musical manuscripts ; 5 pages in-fol. each. Opening of the "musical in 3 acts Jean V, libretto by Jacques Bousquet and Henri Falk, lyrics by André Barde, premiered at the Daunou theatre in February 1929. The manuscript, in its piano version before orchestration, in black ink on 14-line paper, bears at the end this dispatch in blue pen: " For Mr Foussier In all cordiality this already old memory... 27.I.60 Maurice Yvain ". Souvenir de printemps, melody for voice and piano, on a poem by Albert Willemetz : " Auprès des rosiers vous rappelez-vous les exquises choses que vous supposiez ?"It is accompanied by autograph parts for violin and cello. It was sung by Yvonne Printemps in the show Du côté de chez Proust given at the Théâtre de la Michodière on 22 November 1948.