An uncommon original original memorial program from a performance honoring the French composer 3 months after his death. From the Société Philharmonique de Paris, under the direction of Charles Munch. Issued the 13 October, 1937 in a numbered edition of 1000, this being stamped 591. Heavy stiff paper wraps, handcut pages. With several gravure photographs of Roussel by Lipnitzki and two pages of autograph score in facsimile. Preface by Gabriel Astruc, essay by Paul Landormy, and poem ("Hommage a Albert Roussel") by René Chalupt. 16 pp. In very fine condition.
An uncommon original original memorial program from a performance honoring the French composer 3 months after his death. From the Société Philharmonique de Paris, under the direction of Charles Munch. Issued the 13 October, 1937 in a numbered edition of 1000, this being stamped 591. Heavy stiff paper wraps, handcut pages. With several gravure photographs of Roussel by Lipnitzki and two pages of autograph score in facsimile. Preface by Gabriel Astruc, essay by Paul Landormy, and poem ("Hommage a Albert Roussel") by René Chalupt. 16 pp. In very fine condition.