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Lot n° 208

BERLIOZ Hector (1803-1869).

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L.A.S. "H. Berlioz", [November 1835?], to Frédéric CHOPIN; 1 page small in-12 (on the back of a fragment of a prospectus for a teaching establishment 33 rue Louis-leGrand). The only known letter from Berlioz to Chopin. 'Bonjour Chopin on dit que vous êtes malade est-ce vrai. Et l'Allemagne? qu'avez-vous vu, entendu, lu, et écrit? [Chopin returned in October 1835 from a tour of Germany, to Karlsbad, Dresden, Leipzig (where he met Mendelssohn and Robert and Clara Schumann) and Heidelberg; his return was announced in the Gazette musicale of 25 October; in December he fell seriously ill] Correspondance générale, tome VIIII, n° 446 bis.

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