PONIRIDY

'Barcarolle', ('Boat song'), 'Averse au printemps' ('A shower in spring'), 'Dans la conque' ('In the sea-shell'), the Greek words (with French version) by Miltiadis Malakassis, (1869-1943, of Missolonghi) are full of images of water and the sea, strikingly set by Poniridy (the piano part sometimes on three staves), signed and inscribed in French to Madame Olénine, a great artiste, with respectful homage from the composer, (Maria Olenina, 1869-1970, Russian wife of Pierre d'Alheim and singer of folk songs from many nations), 1+15 sides and covers 13¾ x 10½, Paris, Maurice Senart, copyright