Hahn, Reynaldo. (1874 - 1947). "L'Île du rêve" - Autograph Manuscript Sketches. Autograph working manuscript, three pages for voice and piano from the opening of the first act of Hahn's early "L'Île du rêve," 19 bars written in four-stave systems, with lyrics in French. Oblong folio, printed staves, pages numbered by Hahn upper left 1-3, minor scattered soiling.
Hahn composed his first opera, the "Idylle polynésienne" in 3 acts, between 1891 and 1893 and it was first published by Heugeul in 1897, with a dedication to Jules Massenet who had been his teacher and mentor. The libretto is by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann after the book by Pierre Loti. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1898, it was a critical success and "is significant as another French opera to be based on a novel by the doyen of exotic writers of the period, Pierre Loti. The source is Rarahu, here retaining its original locale....The dreamy nature of Tahiti, the island of the title, is conveyed through the use of slow tempi and harmonic excursion, often to the subdominant." (Thomas Cooper, "French Music Since Berlioz," (Ed. by Richard L. Smith, Caroline Potter), p. 48)
Hahn composed his first opera, the "Idylle polynésienne" in 3 acts, between 1891 and 1893 and it was first published by Heugeul in 1897, with a dedication to Jules Massenet who had been his teacher and mentor. The libretto is by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann after the book by Pierre Loti. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1898, it was a critical success and "is significant as another French opera to be based on a novel by the doyen of exotic writers of the period, Pierre Loti. The source is Rarahu, here retaining its original locale....The dreamy nature of Tahiti, the island of the title, is conveyed through the use of slow tempi and harmonic excursion, often to the subdominant." (Thomas Cooper, "French Music Since Berlioz," (Ed. by Richard L. Smith, Caroline Potter), p. 48)
Hahn, Reynaldo. (1874 - 1947). "L'Île du rêve" - Autograph Manuscript Sketches. Autograph working manuscript, three pages for voice and piano from the opening of the first act of Hahn's early "L'Île du rêve," 19 bars written in four-stave systems, with lyrics in French. Oblong folio, printed staves, pages numbered by Hahn upper left 1-3, minor scattered soiling.
Hahn composed his first opera, the "Idylle polynésienne" in 3 acts, between 1891 and 1893 and it was first published by Heugeul in 1897, with a dedication to Jules Massenet who had been his teacher and mentor. The libretto is by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann after the book by Pierre Loti. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1898, it was a critical success and "is significant as another French opera to be based on a novel by the doyen of exotic writers of the period, Pierre Loti. The source is Rarahu, here retaining its original locale....The dreamy nature of Tahiti, the island of the title, is conveyed through the use of slow tempi and harmonic excursion, often to the subdominant." (Thomas Cooper, "French Music Since Berlioz," (Ed. by Richard L. Smith, Caroline Potter), p. 48)
Hahn composed his first opera, the "Idylle polynésienne" in 3 acts, between 1891 and 1893 and it was first published by Heugeul in 1897, with a dedication to Jules Massenet who had been his teacher and mentor. The libretto is by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann after the book by Pierre Loti. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1898, it was a critical success and "is significant as another French opera to be based on a novel by the doyen of exotic writers of the period, Pierre Loti. The source is Rarahu, here retaining its original locale....The dreamy nature of Tahiti, the island of the title, is conveyed through the use of slow tempi and harmonic excursion, often to the subdominant." (Thomas Cooper, "French Music Since Berlioz," (Ed. by Richard L. Smith, Caroline Potter), p. 48)