Autograph letter signed.
8vo. 1 p. on bifolium. With autograph address verso.
€ 1,000.00
To the French composer Auguste François Morel (1809-81) with an invitation to dine at his place the following evening along with his sister, uncle, and brother-in-law, planning to sing some "bêtises" later that night, and hoping that the singer Adolphe Joseph Louis Alizard (1814-50), the cellist Émile Desmarest, and the composer Stephen Heller (1813-88) will join them later, when he intends to make an important musical announcement: "Venez diner avec moi demain à 5 h. ½ il y aura seulement ma soeur, mon oncle et mon beau frère et le soir nous chanterons quelque bêtises. J'espère qu'alizard [!] et Desmarest et Heller viendront à 8 heures. J'ai une grande chose à vous dire (musicale) […]" ("Mercredi soir").
With traces of former mounting on reverse. Former collector's number "95" in pencil.
