Music/Dance
FAURE
(Jean-Baptiste, 1830-1914, French Baritone and Composer)
'Croyance, Méditation pour voix et piano',
set for baritone or mezzo-soprano, C major in 3/4, the words by Eugène Manuel, (1823-1901), affirming that whether one is singing, fighting or loving, one must believe in something beyond, signed on the cover 'J. Faure' in pencil with a long flourish and dated, attractive decorative cover in a Greek key border, the back lists 65 other songs by Faure beginning with 'Les Rameaux' ('The Palms'), 1+5+1 sides 13½ x 10½, Paris, Heugel & Fils,
Item Date: 1882
traces in fold of former stitching, last figure of date cropped, short closed tear in front foredge, top and sides of back cover neatly masked without loss except to rules
Stock No. 54514