- 150
Verdi, Giuseppe.
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Fine long autograph musical quotation from La Traviata, signed and inscribed by the composer ("Traviata...G Verdi")
of Alfredo's celebrated lyrical outburst from Act I, scene 5 ("A quell' amor quell' amor che e palpito dell' universo..."), comprising sixteen bars notated in brown ink for voice on three two-stave systems, the bass stave left blank
1 page, small oblong 4to (18.8 x 25cm), 10-stave paper, Naples, 18 February 1858
1 page, small oblong 4to (18.8 x 25cm), 10-stave paper, Naples, 18 February 1858
Catalogue Note
this is an attractive albumleaf containing one of the high-points of verdi's best-loved opera.
A particularly noteworthy feature is the melodic alteration in the vocal part (b.15: affecting the last three notes) and two textual divergences (b.1: 'Di' instead of 'A'; b.4: l'anima' instead of 'palpito').