Lot 224
  • 224

Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Leoncavallo, Ruggero
  • Autograph manuscript of the Tarantella in A minor for piano, boldly signed and dated at the end (“R.Leoncavallo Riccione: Agosto 1899”)
  • ink on paper
with the autograph title  “Alle Signorine Olda e Valeria Urbini Tarantella per pianoforte di R.Leoncavallo”, written in black  ink, six two-stave systems, some alterations and additions in pencil and blue crayon by the printer

8 pages, large folio (32.5 x 27.5 cm), Riccione (Rimini), August 1899, some staining consistent with use by the printer



For further autograph music by Leoncavallo, please see lots 166 and 234.

Condition

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