Autograph letter signed.
8vo. 1 p.
€ 400.00
Thanking the recipient for promoting the Conservatoire Populaire Mimi Pinson and for reconciling an earlier conflict: "Je tiens à vous remercier de la bonne propagande que vous faites autour de vous pour M. P. [Mimi Pinson] et qui nous a valu la visite d'une de vos jeunes camarades amenée par Mlle. Pétunia [?]. Cette façon d'agir si différente de celle qu'arborent habituellement les camarades que nous quittent efface definitivement le souvenir de notre désaccord [...]".
Charpentier had founded the Conservatoire Populaire Mimi Pinson in 1902 to provide free artistic education to working girls in Paris. The name of the conservatory refers to the emblematic working-class character from Alfred Musset's 1845 poem "Mimi Pinson, profil de grisette". The poem inspired Henry Murger to create his like-named character in "Scènes de la Vie Bohème". Charpentier's greatest success "Louise", which premiered in 1900, is the story of working-class life in Paris, the heroine being a seamstress. Unable to repeat this success as a composer, Charpentier remained active as a music critic and concert promoter as well as with charitable work.
On stationery with printed letterhead of the "Hotel Palais d'Orsay". Slightly creased.