Armande de POLIGNAC, Composer. Marie Armande Mathilde... Lot 595

Armande de POLIGNAC, Composer. Marie Armande Mathilde de Polignac, Comtesse de Chabannes-La Palice, was a French composer (1876-1962). She was the daughter of Camille de Polignac, a French aristocrat and soldier who fought in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and Marie Adolphine Langenberger. She worked under Gabriel Fauré and Eugène Gigoutet, and took conducting lessons from Vincent d'Indyd. She married Count Alfred de Chabannes La Palice in 1895 - Autograph letter signed + envelope written in Paris XVI at 25 boulevard Jules Sandeau on November 1, 1927, addressed to Ch. Demogeot, director of "Lit tout". Letter of agreement for the service of clippings containing only reviews or critiques at a price of 1.75 francs per clipping. Signed "Armande de Polignac".