Bidspirit auction | FALLA MANUEL DE: (1876-1946)

FALLA MANUEL DE: (1876-1946) - FALLA MANUEL DE: (1876-1946) Spanish Composer. A.L.S., ` Manuel de Falla´ , four pages, 8vo, Paris, 5th November 1910, to G. Jean Aubry, in French. Falla thanks his correspondent for his letter which has pleased him a lot, and states in part ` Ce n´est pas vous qui doit remercier; c´est moi qui vous remercie bien sincèrement de l´accueil plein de bonté que vous et votre si aimable famille ont bien voulu me faire. J´en garderai toujours le meilleur souvenir... Je vous envoie par ce même courrier le manuscrit de mes mélodies. C´est une bien petite chose qui n´a pas une autre valeur que d´être un témoignage de mon amitié.´ (Translation: ” It is not you who should thank; it is me who thank you most sincerely for the welcome full of kindness that you and your dear family have been kind enough to give me. I will always keep the best memory of it... I am sending you by this same mail the manuscript of my melodies. It is a very small thing that has no other value than to be a testimony of my friendship.”) Further, Falla refers to his correspondent´s project and states ` J´apprends avec un vif plaisir vos nouveaux projets au sujet de la musique Espagnole et je crois inutile de vous dire car vous le savez déjà, que je suis tout à votre disposition pour collaborer à votre oeuvre - Merci de l´adresse de Joaquin Nin - Voulez-vous me faire l´obligeance de m´indiquer les journaux (nº et date) qui ont parlé du concert?´ (Translation: ” I am very pleased to learn about your new projects on the subject of Spanish music and I think it is useless to tell you, as you already know, that I am at your disposal to collaborate on your work - Thank you for Joaquin Nin's address - Would you be so kind as to indicate to me the newspapers (number and date) that spoke of the concert?”) Paper with an attractive Balmoral watermark. VG Georges Jean-Aubry was the pen-name of Jean-Frédéric-Emile Aubry (1882–1950) French music Critic and Translator. He was a friend, translator and biographer of Joseph Conrad and also close friend of Debussy and Ravel. Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1879-1949) Cuban Pianist and Composer.