MEYERBEER (Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer, known as Giacomo). - Lot 161

MEYERBEER (Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer, known as Giacomo). Born in Tasdorf (near Berlin). 1791-1864. German composer. L.A.S. "Meyerbeer" to "Mon cher et illustre Emile!" [Émile de Girardin, the patron of La Mode]. S.l.n.d. 1 page in-8. Meyerbeer hastens to warn that ...Monsieur Nourrit [dramatic tenor Adolphe Nourrit] has asked that we postpone the Rendez-vous until Sunday at eleven because he is leaving this evening for the Campagne...I would very much like to pay a visit to Monsieur de Lamartine who has honored me with his suffrages by a charming letter. I know you know him. You in turn know how shy I am. Would you like to come with me & when? Tomorrow at noon, do you think that would suit him & you?...How come there's nothing in La Mode that you told me about?...The most famous (and most performed) opera composer of the 19th century, before Mozart, Verdi or Wagner, Meyerbeer enjoyed growing success in Italy, writing operas in the style of Rossini, whom he considered his master.La Mode was a magazine founded in 1829 by Émile de Girardin.