Lot 51
  • 51

Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Leoncavallo, Ruggero
  • Two autograph musical quotations from Zazà, and an autograph letter signed, to Jules Massenet, 19 May 1897
  • ink on paper
1) a quotation of the song "Mamma usciva di casa in sull'aurora" ("My mother left the house at dawn"), from Zazà, five bars notated on a single hand-drawn stave, signed and inscribed ("Zazà Atto IIIo...R. Leoncavallo, Milano 2 Aprile 1902"), 1 page, on an albumleaf, 18.2 x 24.3cm--2) a short quotation on a postcard photograph signed and inscribed ("E' un riso gentil, Zazà Act Io. R. Leoncavallo, Genova, 19 Maggio 1901")--3) autograph letter to Jules Massenet, in French, thanking him for his kind letter, promising to send him a score of La Bohème and requesting a musical quotation from the composer of Manon ("...un autographe de l'auteur de Manon...") on behalf of Etta Costa-Zenoglio, 3 pages, 8vo, Venice, 19 May 1897 

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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