SATIE, Erik (1866-1925). French composer.
Autograph Letter Signed on a 'carte-lettre' signed with his calligraphic monogram to [Alexis] Roland-Manuel in Lyons, 1 page 8vo with perforated border, Arcueil, 14 September 1911. With the address on the reverse, an attractive letter with several letters artistically enhanced, on personal and musical matters.
The Belgian-born musicologist and composer, Alexis Roland-Manuel (1891-1966) met Ravel in 1911 and became his pupil and close friend. The present letter illustrates his wider acquaintance of French composers even at a young age, mentioning also Roussel, to whom Roland-Manuel offers to introduce Satie. He adds in the second paragraph of the letter that he completed the orchestration (for wind band) of his En habit de Cheval [in riding dress], a work written this year for piano duet and published as such in 1912.

'... Je dispose mon orchestre pour "En habit de Cheval": 2 flûtes; 2 hautbois; cor anglais; 2 clarionettes; 2 bassons; 1 sarrusophone; 2 cors [this heavily underlined] (c'est un instrument que je m'eprise); 2 trompettes (il n'en faut jamais plus); 3 trombones; 1 tuba; 1 contra-tuba; batterie et le reste, bien entendu. ...'

Letters of Satie are rarely seen on the market.
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