BIZET GEORGES: (1838-1875) French Composer. A rare and very fine A.L.S., Georges Bizet, three pages, 8vo, n.p. [Saint Gratien], n.d. [summer 1869], [to Louis-Godefroy Jadin], in French. Bizet sends an unusual and very interesting letter during his honeymoon, and in a poetic way initiates his letter stating in part `Tes lettres sentent le soleil. Ici, nous avons un demi beau temps, un soleil honteux, peureux, un soleil qui a beaucoup de choses sur la conscience. Je voudrais bien pouvoir emporter ma Geneviève mais il faut attendre. Nous sommes toujours et nous serons toujours heureux ici. et enchantés de te faire une place à côté de nous´ ("Your letters smell of the sun. Here we have half good weather, a shameful sun, fearful sun, a sun that has a lot on its conscience. I would like to be able to take my Geneviève with me, but we have to wait. We are always and will always be happy here, and delighted to make room for you next to us") Bizet further refers to his composition works, saying `Je travaille à me crever. Pasdeloup s'est enthousiasmé pour le Noé d'Halévy - il a fallu signer un traité et m'engager à lui remettre l'ouvrage acte par acte, à des époques très rapprochées. - Je n'en dors plus. - Il faut lui donner le 1er acte le 15 7bre - le 2d 30 7bre - le 3me 15 8bre le 4me 31 8bre. - Le 4me est à composer en entier - il y a pas mal à faire dans les autres et le 1er seul est instrumenté par Halévy. - Tu vois quelle charrette !´ ("I am working to exhaustion. Pasdeloup was enthusiastic about Halévy´s Noé - I had to sign a contract agreement and commit myself to handing over the work to him, act by act, at very close intervals. - I can't sleep anymore. - He must be given the 1st act on 15th September - the 2nd 30th September - the 3rd 15 October the 4th 31 October.  The 4th is to be composed in full - there is a lot to do in the others and only the 1st is instrumented by Halévy.´ Further again Bizet make fun of Auguste Mermet (1810-1889) a French Opera composer, who is completing his opera Jeanne d´Arc (1876), and also refers to his forthcoming good times saying `…Bref, les affaires vont marcher. Je vais habiter un charmant appartement´ ("…In short, business will work. I will live in a charming apartment") At the conclusion and beneath Bizet´s signature, his wife Genevieve adds fifteen lines of a friendly message. Small overall creasing, otherwise G