Habeneck, Francois-Antoine. (1781-1849). Autograph Musical Quotation. Unusual AMQS from the important French violinist and conductor who founded the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1828, introducing Beethoven's symphonies to France and who, as director of the Opéra, conducted the first performances of, among other operas, La muette de Portici, Guillaume Tell, La Juive, Robert le diable, Les Huguenots and Benvenuto Cellini.
Brown ink on manuscript paper, four measures for mixed voices identified as "Adagio avec beaucoup de tristesse," each line of the voices singing in harmony the text "n'en demandez pas d'avantage." Signed and dated 14 March, 1849 [1848]. 25 x 17 cm. Fine.
Habeneck has dated the quotation 1849, but we understand this to be an error on his part and that the letter was in fact penned in 1848 (the composer died in February of 1849). By March of 1848, "his formerly robust constitution had declined dramatically since 1842; he had retired from the Opéra in 1846. Probably he was suffering cerebral accidents; eventually he lost the use of his arms and legs, and his reason was affected as well." (D. Kern Holomon, "The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828 - 1967," p. 184)
Brown ink on manuscript paper, four measures for mixed voices identified as "Adagio avec beaucoup de tristesse," each line of the voices singing in harmony the text "n'en demandez pas d'avantage." Signed and dated 14 March, 1849 [1848]. 25 x 17 cm. Fine.
Habeneck has dated the quotation 1849, but we understand this to be an error on his part and that the letter was in fact penned in 1848 (the composer died in February of 1849). By March of 1848, "his formerly robust constitution had declined dramatically since 1842; he had retired from the Opéra in 1846. Probably he was suffering cerebral accidents; eventually he lost the use of his arms and legs, and his reason was affected as well." (D. Kern Holomon, "The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828 - 1967," p. 184)
Habeneck, Francois-Antoine. (1781-1849). Autograph Musical Quotation. Unusual AMQS from the important French violinist and conductor who founded the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1828, introducing Beethoven's symphonies to France and who, as director of the Opéra, conducted the first performances of, among other operas, La muette de Portici, Guillaume Tell, La Juive, Robert le diable, Les Huguenots and Benvenuto Cellini.
Brown ink on manuscript paper, four measures for mixed voices identified as "Adagio avec beaucoup de tristesse," each line of the voices singing in harmony the text "n'en demandez pas d'avantage." Signed and dated 14 March, 1849 [1848]. 25 x 17 cm. Fine.
Habeneck has dated the quotation 1849, but we understand this to be an error on his part and that the letter was in fact penned in 1848 (the composer died in February of 1849). By March of 1848, "his formerly robust constitution had declined dramatically since 1842; he had retired from the Opéra in 1846. Probably he was suffering cerebral accidents; eventually he lost the use of his arms and legs, and his reason was affected as well." (D. Kern Holomon, "The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828 - 1967," p. 184)
Brown ink on manuscript paper, four measures for mixed voices identified as "Adagio avec beaucoup de tristesse," each line of the voices singing in harmony the text "n'en demandez pas d'avantage." Signed and dated 14 March, 1849 [1848]. 25 x 17 cm. Fine.
Habeneck has dated the quotation 1849, but we understand this to be an error on his part and that the letter was in fact penned in 1848 (the composer died in February of 1849). By March of 1848, "his formerly robust constitution had declined dramatically since 1842; he had retired from the Opéra in 1846. Probably he was suffering cerebral accidents; eventually he lost the use of his arms and legs, and his reason was affected as well." (D. Kern Holomon, "The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828 - 1967," p. 184)