Autograph letter signed ("Ch. Gounod") to "Ma chère Pauline", undoubtedly Pauline Viardot (1821-1910), one of the finest singers and all-around musicians of the period; Blangy du Calvados, 16 July 1877
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 2 pages, 12mo, integral blank leaf, in French. A charming social note: "I have had no news of you since the immediate reply I made to your letter... Did you not receive that reply? I told you as plainly as possible, but I asked you.....