Jules Massenet Autographs

Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.
While still a schoolboy, Massenet was admitted to France's principal music college, the Paris Conservatoire. There he studied under Ambroise Thomas, whom he greatly admired. After winning the country's top musical prize, the Prix de Rome, in 1863, he composed prolifically in many genres, but quickly became best known for his operas. Between 1867 and his death forty-five years later he wrote more than forty stage works in a wide variety of styles, from opéra-comique to grand-scale depictions of classical myths, romantic comedies, lyric dramas, as well as oratorios, cantatas and ballets. Massenet had a good sense of the theatre and of what would succeed with the Parisian public. Despite some miscalculations, he produced a series of successes that made him the leading composer of opera in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Like many prominent French composers of the period, Massenet became a professor at the Conservatoire. He taught composition there from 1878 until 1896, when he resigned after the death of the director, Ambroise Thomas. Among his students were Gustave Charpentier, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn and Gabriel Pierné.
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Traded items with a signature of Jules Massenet

The most expensive item with a signature of Jules Massenet (JULES MASSENET - INSCRIBED AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED 08/17/1880) was sold in November 2025 for $2,526.42 while the cheapest item (Jules Massenet – autographed letter signed) found a new owner for $18.42 in May 2017. The month with the most items sold (6) was August 2025 with an average selling price of $764.85 for an autographed item of Jules Massenet. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $764.85 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $20.46 was May 2017. In average, an autographed item from Jules Massenet is worth $160.31.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	JULES MASSENET - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 1/11	$662.85
	JULES MASSENET - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/06/1897	$814.85
	JULES MASSENET - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/06/1897	$814.85
	Jules Massenet - Dedicated Portrait To His Grandson - Autograph	$134.00
	Jules Massenet - Dedicated Portrait To His Grandson - Autograph	$134.00
	Jules Massenet Décerne the First Prix To Sound Grandson - autograph - Drawing	$160.31
	Jules Massenet Décerne the First Prix To Sound Grandson - autograph - Drawing	$160.31
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$251.50
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$251.50
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$176.80
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$176.80
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$251.50
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$251.50
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$251.50
	Jules Massenet Signed Letter PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Auto	$251.50