Bidspirit auction | SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921)

SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) - SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A good A.L.S., signed with his initials, two pages, to 5.5 x 3.5 mourning card, n.p., `Jeudi´, n.d ., to Robert de Flers, in French. A curious and ironic message about the prize giving of the competition he has to attend and where he risks falling asleep, stating in part `C´est entendu, j´irai vous demander à dîner dimanche. Cela me remettra de la distribution des Prix du concours général où je dois figurer en habit vert!... Comment ferai-je pour ne pas m´endormir pendant le discours latin! L´autre jour un journal que j´ai lu a cité ”Amicus, magis Plato, amica veritas”. je n´en suis pas encore là, mais je ne comprendrai tout de même pas; je ne serai pas le seul.´ (Translation: “ It is understood, I will go and ask you for dinner on Sunday. That will help me to recover from the distribution of the Prizes of the general competition where I must appear in green!... How will I manage not to fall asleep during the Latin speech! The other day a newspaper that I read quoted ”Amicus, magis Plato, amica veritas”. I am not there yet, but I will not understand all the same; I will not be the only one.”) VG Robert de la Motte-Ango de Flers (1872-1927) French Author and Librettist.