[Debussy, Claude. (1862-1918)] Debussy, Emma Bardac. (1862 - 1934)
Autograph Letter to Lucette Descaves
Autograph letter to the pianist Lucette Descaves (1906 - 1993), stating that she is "very busy, very tired, but always very happy to listen to her" and arranging a time to meet. Signed "Emma Claude Debussy."The singer Emma Bardac, née Moyse, was the mutual love interest of both Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy. After her earlier affair with Fauré, she married Debussy in 1908 and by him had their daughter, Claude-Emma (the dedicatee of the 1909 "Children's Corner Suite") in 1905. Claude-Emma died of diphtheria in 1919, the year after her father's death and Emma Bardac died in 1934. They are both laid to rest in Debussy's grave in the Cimetière de Passy in Paris.
Descaves, the goddaughter of Saint-Saens, was a student of Marguerite Long and Yves Nat. (10812)
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