Rare autograph item from the important Romantic Russian composer and chemist, one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to producing a "uniquely Russian" kind of classical music. Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.5 x 4.25, addressed in Borodin's hand to "Mr. Theodore Jadoul, 24 rue Trappe, Liege." Postmarks to verso of January 31, 1886, indicating a date of just a few months before the composer's sudden death. Dating pencil notation to front in another hand, else in fine condition.
Theodore Jadoul, a young Belgian conductor, was a friend of Borodin and had recently hosted him in Liege.
Rare autograph item from the important Romantic Russian composer and chemist, one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to producing a "uniquely Russian" kind of classical music. Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.5 x 4.25, addressed in Borodin's hand to "Mr. Theodore Jadoul, 24 rue Trappe, Liege." Postmarks to verso of January 31, 1886, indicating a date of just a few months before the composer's sudden death. Dating pencil notation to front in another hand, else in fine condition.
Theodore Jadoul, a young Belgian conductor, was a friend of Borodin and had recently hosted him in Liege.