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Auction archive: Lot number 139

G. VERDI, AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO COUNTESS CLARA MAFFEI, TOGETHER WITH TWO TELEGRAMS, UNDATED

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,625 - US$3,938
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,461
Auction archive: Lot number 139

G. VERDI, AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO COUNTESS CLARA MAFFEI, TOGETHER WITH TWO TELEGRAMS, UNDATED

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,625 - US$3,938
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,461
Beschreibung:

Verdi, Giuseppe AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO COUNTESS CLARA MAFFEI, UNDATED, WITH TWO TELEGRAMS describing a poor performance of a Sinfonia, possibly to one of his operas, expressing the opinion that it might be successful if better played, acknowledging her letter from London, and stating that he will pass in silence over the writer C[arcano?], author of "donne letterate", ("...La sinfonia, secondo il solito, è ridotta piuttosto male e difficile, nonostante, si ben suonata, potrà passare...") 1 page, 16mo, green-edged stationery, autograph address panel on integral leaf, no place or date; together with two telegrams to and from Eugenio Checchi in Rome: 1) about "Falstaff" in Rome, 2) from Verdi to Checchi thanking the members of the Rome orchestra, Genoa, [arrival stamp: Rome, 1 January 1897

Auction archive: Lot number 139
Beschreibung:

Verdi, Giuseppe AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO COUNTESS CLARA MAFFEI, UNDATED, WITH TWO TELEGRAMS describing a poor performance of a Sinfonia, possibly to one of his operas, expressing the opinion that it might be successful if better played, acknowledging her letter from London, and stating that he will pass in silence over the writer C[arcano?], author of "donne letterate", ("...La sinfonia, secondo il solito, è ridotta piuttosto male e difficile, nonostante, si ben suonata, potrà passare...") 1 page, 16mo, green-edged stationery, autograph address panel on integral leaf, no place or date; together with two telegrams to and from Eugenio Checchi in Rome: 1) about "Falstaff" in Rome, 2) from Verdi to Checchi thanking the members of the Rome orchestra, Genoa, [arrival stamp: Rome, 1 January 1897

Auction archive: Lot number 139
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