Interesting autograph letter from the important composer to Georges Dandelot, giving a short précis of Satie's life and works, evidently for publication. July 2, 1915. 1 p. in Satie's elegant and distinctive hand, providing the date and location of his birth, identifying himself as having been a student of Vincent d'Indy, and listing his "Oeuvres principales" to date, beginning with Gymnopedies and concluding with Chapitres tournés en tous sens, signed with his calligraphic initials. Matted together with the original envelope in Satie's hand and a photograph portrait. 5 x 4.5 inches (13 x 11.5 cm); 13.25 x 14.25 inches (24.5 x 36 cm) overall. From the collection of the magnificent soprano Jessye Norman.

Arthur Dandelot (1864–1943) was a critic and music impresario. His agency, "Bureau de concerts Dandelot," one of the first of its kind, managed some of the most important musicians of the early twentieth century in Paris, including Saint-Saëns, Rubinstein, Monteux, Ysaÿe, and Prokofiev. His son Georges (1895–1975) was a noted composer and pedagogue, apparently working at this time as a young man in his father's office at 83 Rue d'Amsterdam.