A Debussy note signed

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DEBUSSY, CLAUDE

Autograph letter signed to his publisher Georges Hartmann. [Paris]: Mardi, 22 Novembre, [18]98. 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (14 x 11 cm); 11 lines in purple ink plus date, salutation and felicitation on a pneu form stamped or inked with Debussy's monogram, the verso with Hartmann's name and address. Rather faded but still legible. Not examined out of frame.

Written on the perforated paper that was then in common use in the Paris pneumatic mail system, this charming social note reads: "Cher Monsieur Hartmann, Merci de tout cour. vous ètes toujours le mème brave et bon Hartmann que je suis heureux de connaître et d'aimer. Fromont ne vous a donc pas remis une carte de moi Samedi dernier? En tout cas samedi prochain, car l'ennui de ne pas avoir fini se complique singulièrement de l'ennui de ne pas vous voir. Tout votre /Claude Debussy." The recipient was Romain-Jean-François "Georges" Hartmann, a librettist and publisher who was (from 1894) an early supporter of the young composer.

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A Debussy note signed

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