Item 0143 (736) - Letter by Samuel Baud-Bovy to Cavafy

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0143 (736)

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Letter by Samuel Baud-Bovy to Cavafy

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  • 20/12/1931 (Creation)

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27 x 21 cm

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Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906-1986) was born and died in Geneva (Switzerland). He was a musician, having studied piano, violin, composition and musical direction; he also studied Modern Greek in Paris with Hubert Pernot and in Athens (Greece), where he focused on Byzantine music. He authored studies on traditional Greek music and Modern Greek Literature. He was professor of Modern Greek Language and Literature at the University of Geneva (1942-1958) as well as a teacher at the Geneva Conservatory of Music.

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Handwritten letter by Samuel Baud-Bovy to Cavafy on both sides of a sheet. He asks the poet to despatch the ensemble of his poetic work for the needs of his university classes. (Geneva)

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      French

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      Writing in ink.

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      Baud-Bovy, Samuel. “Letter by Samuel Baud-Bovy to Cavafy”. Letter, 20.12.1931. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0143 (736), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0143.

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      F74_Φ8-9

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