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WAGNER, COSIMA. L.A. EN FRANÇAIS À FRANCESCO FLORIMO, AVRIL 1880. SUR LE PIANISTE JOSEPH RUBINSTEIN.
Estimate
800 - 1,000 EUR
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Description
- Cosima Wagner
- Lettre autographe signée au bibliothécaire du conservatoire de Naples, Francesco Florimo. [Naples, fin avril 1880.]
3 pages in-12 (155 x 95 mm) sur un bifeuillet. Signée "C. Wagner". En français. Elle souhaite lui présenter Joseph Rubinstein, pianiste russe élève de Liszt et grand admirateur de Wagner. Rubinstein écrivit une retranscription pour piano de Siegfried et de Parsifal. À la mort du compositeur, le pianiste tomba dans une grave dépression et se suicida en 1884. "Cela vous arrangerait-il que je vinsse vous trouver Samedi (1 mai) vers une heure et vous présenter un de nos amis compositeur et pianiste d'un vrai mérite Mr Joseph Rubinstein". Richard Wagner arrive à Naples le 4 janvier 1880, accompagné de Rubinstein et y reste jusqu'au 7 août. Il y visita le conservatoire royal de musique au moins deux fois, mais sa critique d'une operetta, jouée à son profit le 21 avril, offensa notamment Francesco Florimo (1800-1888), bibliothécaire dudit conservatoire. Florimo était aussi le plus proche ami et biographe de Vincenzo Bellini. ------------------------------------------Cataloguing in English Autograph letter signed, to the archivist of the Naples Conservatory, Francesco Florimo 3 pages, 12mo (15.5 x 9.5cm), no place or date, [Naples, late April 1880]. asking if she might visit him on Saturday and introduce Joseph Rubinstein, a pianist-composer of real merit, to tell the professors Polidoro and d'Arienzo that her husband would be pleased to see them on Sunday at four o'clock, and to let her know if this is incovnenient ("...Cela vous arrangerait-il que je vinsse vous trouver Samedi (1 mai) vers une heure et vous présenter un de nos amis compositeur et pianiste d’un vrai mérite Mr Joseph Rubinstein..."). Richard Wagner arrived in Naples on 4 January 1880 and stayed until 7 August. He visited the Royal Conservatory of Music at least twice, but his criticism of an operetta performed for his benefit on 21 April had offended Florimo and others there. Florimo (1800-1888) was the closest friend and biographer of Vincenzo Bellini.
Condition
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