RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. An excellent A.L....

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. An excellent A.L....
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. An excellent A.L.S., `Nikolai R. Korsakov«, in Cyrillic, one page, 4to, St. Petersburg, 17th September 1903, to Vasily Ilyich, in Cyrillic. Rimsky-Korsakov states «I did not have the time nor find the place to compose a new Romance..« further saying `I returned to St. Petersburg and searched out the old romance. I am ready to send it to you, but I am waiting for your reply for the poem which you forgot to write for me.« Rimsky-Korsakov further again concludes saying `Do I have the right after 2 years to give this romance for publication to whoever I want? I suppose that this will not bring any harm to the collection you publish, since in 2 years no one will buy it anymoreÉI«ll send you the romance upon receipt of your poem.« With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope, hand addressed by the composer and signed by him in the return address. VG £2500-3500 Vasily Ilyich Safonov (1852-1918) Russian Pianist, Conductor and Composer. Director of the Conservatory in Moscow in 1889 and of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. He conducted the premiere of Tchaikovsky«s Pathetique Symphony in Moscow.