« Le moment était venu. Moment douloureux pour un homme qui a toujours vécu en Europe que celui où il va s'engager dans une longue route vers un pays lointain ! Aussi ce ne fut pas sans quelques hésitations morales que je me décidai à faire le voyage que l'on me demandait. Je partis de Paris le 21 avril. Mes deux gendres, Charles Comte et Achille Tournai, mes deux beaux-frères, Robert et Gaston Mitchel, et quelques amis parmi lesquels Albert Volff, Mendel - et mon fils - vinrent m'accompagner jusqu'au Havre. J'étais extrêmement ému en m'embarquant le lendemain. J'avais pensé rendre la séparation moins dure en empêchant ma femme et mes filles de quitter Paris ; mais à ce moment combien je les regrettais ! »

Notes d'un musicien en voyage

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La Romance de la Rose; Opéra-Bouffe En Un Acte. Paroles de MM. Tréfeu Et Prével

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann: The Tales of Hoffmann: Fantastic Opera in Four Acts

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: The Tales of Hoffmann: Fantastic Opera in Four Acts - Scholar's Choice Edition

Agissant pour le compte de mystérieux philanthropes, un 
émissaire rendit visite à Jacques Offenbach, un beau jour de 
1876, afin de l'aviser qu'on l'attendait à Philadelphie. En tout 
état de cause, les arguments de l'énigmatique messager, 
assortis de solides clauses financières, n'eurent pas tellement 
de peine à convaincre le compositeur, qui boucla ses bagages 
et embarqua, quatre ans avant sa mort, pour le Nouveau 
Monde. Il fut d'autant moins difficile à persuader que son goût 
pour la démesure et les productions au faste débridé l'avaient 
ruiné. Notes d'un musicien en voyage est un recueil 
d'anecdotes et d'impressions souvent décalées, généralement 
drôles, consignées par le compositeur au fil de son périple, sur 
la traversée en bateau et les hôtes américains.

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