![DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918). Autograph letter signed ('Claude Debussy') to his publisher [Georges] Hartmann, n.p., 19 September 1897, referring insultingly to the publisher Henri Heugel ('ne traitez plus de confrère ce Mr Heugel qui en plus de tout ce qu'il coupable [sic] envers la musique me paraît un fort vilain homme'), and dramatically claiming he is in urgent need of money, 'J'ai tant à payer! et des gens hurlent des injures sous ma fenêtre, pourtant je ne voudrais pas vous embarrasser et retirer le pain de la bouche de Margot'), one page, 8vo. Provenance: Charles Hamilton Autographs, 1958.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CKS/2012_CKS_05960_0063_001(debussy_claude_autograph_letter_signed_to_his_publisher_georges_hartma_d5624309055723).jpg?w=1)
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DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918). Autograph letter signed ('Claude Debussy') to his publisher [Georges] Hartmann, n.p., 19 September 1897, referring insultingly to the publisher Henri Heugel ('ne traitez plus de confrère ce Mr Heugel qui en plus de tout ce qu'il coupable [sic] envers la musique me paraît un fort vilain homme'), and dramatically claiming he is in urgent need of money, 'J'ai tant à payer! et des gens hurlent des injures sous ma fenêtre, pourtant je ne voudrais pas vous embarrasser et retirer le pain de la bouche de Margot'), one page, 8vo. Provenance: Charles Hamilton Autographs, 1958.
Published in the Correspondance, ed. Lesure (1993), pp.127-8.
Published in the Correspondance, ed. Lesure (1993), pp.127-8.
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