Three songs, op. 51 : autograph manuscript, 1888.

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Record ID: 
114478
Creator: 
Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924.
Biographical Data: 
French composer.
Title: 
Three songs, op. 51 : autograph manuscript, 1888.
Uniform title: 
Songs. Selections
Date: 
1888.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Robert Owen Lehman.
Inscription/Markings: 

"Larmes [, Au cimetière, Spleen]. Gabriel Fauré. Op. 51."

Contents: 

Larmes / poem by Jean Richepin ; dedicated to Princesse Wynaretta de Scey-Montbéliard -- Au cimetière / poem by Richepin ; dedicated to Mme Maurice Sulzbach -- Spleen / poem by Paul Verlaine ; dedicated to Mme Henry Cochin.

Notes: 

The dedicatee of Jean Richepin's Larmes, Princesse Wynaretta de Scey-Montbéliard, is also known as Winnaretta Singer or Princesse de Polignac by her second marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac.

Provenance: 

Alfred Cortot; Robert Owen Lehman.

Associated names: 

Richepin, Jean, 1849-1926.
Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896.
Polignac, Winnaretta, princesse de, 1865-1943, dedicatee.
Sulzbach, Maurice, Mme., dedicatee.
Cochin, Henry, Mme. dedicatee.
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.
Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Larmes.
Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Au cimetière.
Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Spleen.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Robert Owen Lehman Collection