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Boucher, Alexander - Autograph Note Signed 1829

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Boucher, Alexander - Autograph Note Signed 1829

French violinist (1778-1861), first violin at the court of Ferdinand VII of Spain.

Autograph note in French (untranslated) signed by him, dated March 9, 1829, addressed to the dramatist Théophile Marion Dumersan (1780-1849) about an upcoming appointment.  Size is 8 x 4.8 inches, rust stains, creases, in overall good condition.

ALSO INCLUDED is an autograph document signed by him, dated May 17, 1828, an Annual grant accorded to the violinist by the ā€œFonds de réserveā€ of the Département de Beaux-Arts.

In 1821 the composer Carl Maria von Weber conducted a concert in Berlin, in which Boucher was a performer, playing Weber's Variations on a Norwegian Air, to which he added his own cadenza. In April 1822 he visited Ludwig van Beethoven; at the occasion, the composer wrote for Boucher a piece for two violins (WoO 34 in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue).

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French violinist (1778-1861), first violin at the court of Ferdinand VII of Spain.

Autograph note in French (untranslated) signed by him, dated March 9, 1829, addressed to the dramatist Théophile Marion Dumersan (1780-1849) about an upcoming appointment.  Size is 8 x 4.8 inches, rust stains, creases, in overall good condition.

ALSO INCLUDED is an autograph document signed by him, dated May 17, 1828, an Annual grant accorded to the violinist by the ā€œFonds de réserveā€ of the Département de Beaux-Arts.

In 1821 the composer Carl Maria von Weber conducted a concert in Berlin, in which Boucher was a performer, playing Weber's Variations on a Norwegian Air, to which he added his own cadenza. In April 1822 he visited Ludwig van Beethoven; at the occasion, the composer wrote for Boucher a piece for two violins (WoO 34 in the Kinsky–Halm Catalogue).