Autograph letter signed.
4to. 2½ pp. With autograph envelope pasted underneath the signature.
€ 90.00
Content-rich letter to the journalist and music critic Charles Vincens, written in response to several requests. Pougin gives his opinion on the Belgian violin virtuoso Martin Pierre Marsick (1847-1924), whom he considers a "very distinguished artist", although "generally uneven and incomplete". Secondly, Pougin informs Vincens that the "two burlesque verses in question" are not from Étienne Méhul's opera "Ariodant" but Henri Montan Berton's "Montano et Stéphanie". He announces to send Vincens the first 17 issues of his journal "La Musique Populaire" and asks him to give his excuses to Alexis Rostand as he did not find the time to write him personally due to his workload.
On stationery with lithographed letterhead of "La Musique Populaire". Minor tears due to former mounting.