TOSCANINI, ARTURO. COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS

comprising: 1. Letter to the composer Giuseppe Martucci, whose music Toscanini championed, giving an account of the rehearsals for Martucci’s Second Symphony, regarded as his masterpiece, signed “A Toscanini”, 2 pages, oblong 8vo, Rome 20 February [1]905...Oggi ho potuto dedicarmi ad assicurare meglio lo scherzo e l'Adagio; dunque faro al trettanto per il primo e l'ultimo tempo. Pero fatto tutto il mio possibile per ottenere approssimativamente Lei potrebbe desiderare... 2. Musical quotation from the opening of Verdi’s Falstaff, signed “Arturo Toscanini”, 1 page, 8vo, Berlin, 29 May [1]929 3. Envelope inscribed by Toscanini and two postcard photographs (unsigned)