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Edgar TINEL (SAINT-NICOLAS, 1854-BRUSSELS, 1912). - Set of 10 autograph letters signed by the Belgian composer and organist to "mon cher Charles" [Lagasse]. Brussels and Mechelen, 1870 - 1894. 10 letters in-12. Exchanges about Tinel's musical life from which we quote some passages. On May 30, 1891, Tinel wondered about Auguste Dupont's succession at the Brussels Conservatory: "It is rumoured that the pianist Paternostre will be appointed ... Dupont's successor seems to me - and to everyone else - to be none other than C. Gurickx. M. Dupont himself had made him his temp..." In his missive of February 9, 1894, he gets angry with "The Master": "Where was he thinking when he said that theatre music and church music are the same thing? It is a monstrosity against which his entire past protests - along with the Church [...]" He violently attacks Ph. Flon, whose hymn had been performed at St. Boniface Church on Christmas Day "bad theatrical music somehow lost at the rood screen [...]". JOINTS: - J. GANZ - Edgar TINEL. Brussels, [c. 1893]. Original photographic print on albumen paper (Brussels, J. Ganz, [c. 1893]), 16.5 x 10.5 cm. - Portrait of Edgar Tinel illustrating a postcard (2 variants, 1 of which is untravelled). - Paul TINEL - The Franciscus by Edgar Tinel. Study of aesthetics and history. Brussels, Lombaerts, 1926. In-8, paperback, uncut (faded). SENT from the author, dated 1967, to his friend, Honay. SET OF 14 PIECES.
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