COSIMA WAGNER (1837-1930) Autograph letter signed to Jules Bordier, in French.
Lot 750
600800
Bayreuth [from postmarks], 17 June 1876.
2 pp. 1/2 in-8, mourning border, slit in centre fold; envelope enclosed.
Composer, pianist and conductor, Jules Bordier was one of the co-founders of the Artistic Association of Angers, which he chaired from 1877 to 1893, before directing the publishing house Baudoux et Cie from 1893 to 1895. A friend of Richard Wagner’s brother-in-law, Friedrich Feustel was closely associated with the founding of the Bayreuth Festival Centre, both as president of the town council and as a banker