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SARASATE PABLO DE: (1844-1908) - SARASATE PABLO DE : (1844-1908) Spanish virtuoso Violinist and Composer. An excellent and very good content A.L.S., ` Pablo de Sarasate´, three pages, 5 x 6, Paris, 15 th October 1894, to ` Docteur Mackenzie´, in French with few words in English. In an ebullient letter from Paris, Sarasate states in part ` Caro Maestro et cher ami, je vous salue tous trois de tout coeur, et suis enchanté d´apprendre que vous avez passé un bon été… all right: hurrah for England et pour l´une de ses gloires qui s´appelle Mackenzie. Dimanche prochain j´aurai l´honneur de présenter au public Parisien votre Pibroch, aux Concerts dirigés par Colonne. Son orchestra est superbe, et je puis vous garantir une execution de premier ordre; je tacherai de me montrer en cette occasion un écossais pur sang - moins le costume - et de prouver que la musique nationale de votre beau pays est l´une des plus belles et poétiques qui existent au monde, vous savez que j´en suis fanatique´ ( Translation: ” Caro Maestro and dear friend, I send my regards to the three of you from deep in my heart, and I am very pleased to learn that you have spent a good summer… all right: hurrah for England and for one of his glories called Mackenzie. Next Sunday, I will have the honour to play your Pibroch for the Parisian public, at the concerts conducted by Colonne. His orchestra is superb, and I can grant you that the performance will be first-rate; for this occasion, I will try to appear as a pure-bred Scotsman - except for the costume - and prove that the national music of your beautiful country is one of the most lovely and poetic in the whole world, as you know am a fanatic of it”) Sarasate further regrets that his friend Mackenzie cannot attend in person the concert and comments that Colonne is ready to play in future further works of Mackenzie. Accompanied by the original envelope, addressed in Sarasate´s hand, postmarked and stamped. G to VG   Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935) Scottish Composer and Conductor. Widely regarded as one of the fathers of the British musical renaissance in the late XIX th century.   Mackenzie´s Pibroch Suite for Violin and Orchestra was dedicated to Sarasate who premiered it with the composer conducting at the Leeds Festival in 1889. Pibroch is defined as a set of variations for the Scottish Highland bagpipe. It is etymologically related to Gaelic ”Pib” (”Pipe”). Mackenzie dedicated his Highlan Ballad (1893) to Sarasate. The two remained close friends until Sarasate´s death in 1908, when Mackenzie wrote a moving tribute to him in the Musical Times.   Pablo Sarasate not only championed Scottish music, he also composed some such as his ”Six Airs Ecossais” (”Six Scottish Airs”)   Edouard Colonne (1838-1910) French Conductor and Violinist.