[16] His widowed sister-in-law.
[17] An architect, who had married another daughter of Zimmerman's.
[18] With the exception of the fifth and eighth, which are addressed to Edouard Dubufe, these letters were written to Monsieur and Madame Pigny. The reader is doubtless aware that Pigny the architect, Dubufe the painter, and Gounod, married three daughters of Zimmerman the musical composer.
[19] "Polyeucte." Gounod also wrote his "Gallia" at this period.
[20] Monsieur Ingres.
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page 5 & 45: Sébastian Bach=>Sebastian Bach
page 17: no proficient=>not proficient
page 82: Goëthe's "Faust"=>Goethe's "Faust"
page 96: I have have=>I have