Subasta Bidspirit | SAINT-SAËNS CAMILLE: (1835-1921)

SAINT-SAËNS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) - SAINT-SAËNS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A good A.L.S., `C. Saint-Saëns´, three pages, 8vo, n.p., 18th December 1904, on Saint-Saëns printed stationery, to Pauline Viardot, in French. Saint-Saëns states in part `My dear friend, I have given a recommendation letter addressed to you for Mme B. Gianoli who has recently sang two of my works on concert. It is a small woman, with not a really great voice but who has a talent of first rank, an unusual musical intelligence and an even more extraordinary modesty. Her dream would be to get some advices from you…´ The letter bears to the upper left corner a blind embossed seal with the composer´s initials. One very small stain not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £200-300 Pauline viardot (1821-1910) French Mezzo-Soprano and pedagogue of Spanish descent. A leading figure opera singer figure.