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Etienne Marcel (First Edition)
Composer: Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Date: 1879
Etienne Marcel Opera en quatre actes Poime de Louis Gallet...Partition Chant
et Piano par A. Messager. Paris, Durand, Schunewerk & Cie (1879).
First Edition. 5ff, 365 pp., 4to. Recent red quarter calf, marbled boards.
With a signed presentation inscription from Saint-Saens to the Spanish violinist
and composer Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908) "his old friend." Their friendship began
with the composition of the Violin Concerto No. 1, both inspired and instigated
by the fifteen-year old violinist.
Etienne Marcel was a historical drama based on the hero of a popular rebellion
in 1358 during the regency of the Dauphin Charles. It had a contemporary
resonance, as "Marcel was in vogue in the 1870s as, during the rebuilding of the
capital after the ravages of the Commune, he was widely regarded as a forefather
of Parisian municipal life." Stephen Studd, Saint-Saens: A critical biography,
p. 116.
Dimensions: 19.5x27.2cm
Condition: Small water stain affecting top right and lower left corners
throughout, just touching text. Otherwise a fine copy.
Please contact Andy for
availability and pricing.
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