DEBUSSY (Claude). - Lot 80

DEBUSSY (Claude). Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.1862-1918.C.A.S. "Claude Debussy" to "Cher Monsieur". S.l., March 16, 1910. 1 page in-12 oblong on blue card. Financial worries: ...Allow me to remind you that you promised me to obtain from M. Lacolle (?) that he would only present the second draft on April 3...This letter is addressed to Léon Bertault, a businessman whom Debussy often turned to for difficult loans from 1909 onwards. From 1912 onwards, Debussy's financial difficulties worsened, and he was forced on several occasions to ask his publisher Jacques Durand for an advance, before borrowing from a capitalization company called "LAvenir du prolétariat" in exchange for a share of his royalties.