Chevillard, Camille. (1859–1923). Signed Photograph. Signed postcard photograph of the French composer and conductor seated in fan armchair, inscribed to Mademoiselle Odette Bourdillon, dated 1918. Postcard by Breitkopf & Härtel, London, but "Printed in Berlin"—all printing to verso is in English. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.5 x 8.5 cm). Remnants of glue from earlier mounting to verso. In fine condition.
Together with original envelope, stationery of Les Concerts Lamoureux, Paris, with recipient's address in Geneva, Switzerland, in Chevillard's hand. Postmarks tell an enigmatic story. The letter was mailed from Paris to Geneva on July 7, 1918, opened by the military censor and received in Geneva on July 23, 1918 and either returned or forwarded. The Geneva address was struck through and replaced with one Zinal, Valais (in a different hand?). One more postmark shows that the letter arrived in Zinal on June 25, 1919, but the Zinal address is erased.
Chevillard succeeded Lamoureux as the conductor of the Parisian concert series bearing Lamoureux's name in 1897. He championed the German and Russian repertories and was selected to conduct at the first Alsace-Lorraine Music Festival in 1905 (i.e. under German rule). From 1914 he was music director of the Paris Opéra.
Chevillard, Camille. (1859–1923). Signed Photograph. Signed postcard photograph of the French composer and conductor seated in fan armchair, inscribed to Mademoiselle Odette Bourdillon, dated 1918. Postcard by Breitkopf & Härtel, London, but "Printed in Berlin"—all printing to verso is in English. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.5 x 8.5 cm). Remnants of glue from earlier mounting to verso. In fine condition.
Together with original envelope, stationery of Les Concerts Lamoureux, Paris, with recipient's address in Geneva, Switzerland, in Chevillard's hand. Postmarks tell an enigmatic story. The letter was mailed from Paris to Geneva on July 7, 1918, opened by the military censor and received in Geneva on July 23, 1918 and either returned or forwarded. The Geneva address was struck through and replaced with one Zinal, Valais (in a different hand?). One more postmark shows that the letter arrived in Zinal on June 25, 1919, but the Zinal address is erased.
Chevillard succeeded Lamoureux as the conductor of the Parisian concert series bearing Lamoureux's name in 1897. He championed the German and Russian repertories and was selected to conduct at the first Alsace-Lorraine Music Festival in 1905 (i.e. under German rule). From 1914 he was music director of the Paris Opéra.