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POULENC, Francis (1899-1963). French composer.
Autograph Music Quotation Signed on a picture postcard, with inscription, no date. The postcard shows a young woman undressing for a bathe in the sea ('Enfin seule') espied by a voyeur. Poulenc's inscription: '"Oh! la jolie Carte Postale" / Maries de la Tour Eiffel / Jean Cocteau'.
The music quotation comprises three bars from the music for Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel, set to a libretto by Cocteau and first performed on 18 June 1921.
[No: 21954]

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