French opera. COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS BY AMBROISE THOMAS, GOUNOD, ADOLPHE AND OFFENBACH Thomas, Ambroise. Autograph of the recitatives for Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Eté, 79 pages, no place or date; Gounod, Charles. Autograph of the cantilena "Ma vie en ce séjour" from Sapho, inscribed and signed by the composer ("à ma chère élève Rosalie Jousset Ch. Gounod"), with a 2-page autograph description and elucidation of the music affixed to the final page of music, 3 pages, splitting at hinge; Adolphe, Adam. Autograph of the Duettino 'Ah! Quel bonheur' from the opera Le Brasseur de Preston, initialled by the composer at the end ("A.A."), 19 pages, dated at the end by the composer 6 September 1838; Offenbach, Jacques. Autograph sketches for Croquefer, ou le Dernier des Paladins, comprising sketches for no.3bis ("Galop") and the Quintet no.6, 2 pages, no place or date, [c.1857]; with: four further pages of autograph sketches by Offenbach for unidentified works; and four pages of autograph sketches for an unidentified work or works by Saint-Saëns
French opera. COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS BY AMBROISE THOMAS, GOUNOD, ADOLPHE AND OFFENBACH Thomas, Ambroise. Autograph of the recitatives for Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Eté, 79 pages, no place or date; Gounod, Charles. Autograph of the cantilena "Ma vie en ce séjour" from Sapho, inscribed and signed by the composer ("à ma chère élève Rosalie Jousset Ch. Gounod"), with a 2-page autograph description and elucidation of the music affixed to the final page of music, 3 pages, splitting at hinge; Adolphe, Adam. Autograph of the Duettino 'Ah! Quel bonheur' from the opera Le Brasseur de Preston, initialled by the composer at the end ("A.A."), 19 pages, dated at the end by the composer 6 September 1838; Offenbach, Jacques. Autograph sketches for Croquefer, ou le Dernier des Paladins, comprising sketches for no.3bis ("Galop") and the Quintet no.6, 2 pages, no place or date, [c.1857]; with: four further pages of autograph sketches by Offenbach for unidentified works; and four pages of autograph sketches for an unidentified work or works by Saint-Saëns
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