Autograph Letter Signed.
French composer of piano pieces such as "Danses et Airs alsaciens," cabarat fare such as "Nigger-Sport: Polka Americaine Cake-Walk" and operas such as "Fausta" (1894) and "On Hope of Bless" (1907). Item #25047
ALS in French, 1p, 5¼" X 8¼", Paris, France, 1931 April 18. Addressed to Irving Schwerke (1893-1975), American expatriate pianist and music critic. Fine. Not translated, but Grelinger, in his execrable script, calls Schwerke "a sincere and rare friend," thanks him for and declines a lunch invitation, and mentions stopping by the next morning to chat for fifteen minutes. Below his signature, Grelinger pens a curious thing whose meaning is entirely cryptic: two intersecting blank music staffs, each with a treble clef, and two question marks. Interesting and odd. At lower left, also strangely, he appears to have penned one measure of music and then thoroughly scribbled it out!
Price: $375.00