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Autograph Collection.- Italian Composers A collection of autograph and typed letters by Italian composers, including: Ferdinando Paer (letter in French, saying"When I accepted your kind invitation for today, I had forgotten about the first performance of the Marriage of Figaro will be this evening at our Italian theatre and I have to be there to help. Nevertheless, not wishing to miss my duties and at the same time wanting to enjoy your evening, I will send my good Alphonsine, who has promised to eat my portion, and I'll join you after the first act"), Michele Carafa, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Umberto Giordano (letter to pianist and composer Felice Boghen, confirming he has received "your very beautiful Improvviso" and thanking him for the dedication), Luigi Arditi, Attilio Parelli, Alberto Franchetti, Gino Marinuzzi, Felice Lattuada, Adriano Ariani, Gian Francesco Malipiero (letter to an unknown scholar, regarding an article on Claudio Monteverdi in Venice that should appear on the journal "La Rassegna Musicale"), Edoardo Mascheroni, Leopoldo Mugnone, Arrigo Pedrollo, Lorenzo Perosi, Pietro Montani, Franco Alfano (letter to a correspondent called Vitale, saying he is displeased he cannot have Mafalda Favero to sing in his opera "l'Ultimo Lord" and he wishes the company to come to San Remo ready to start the rehearsals), Vittorio Gui, Giovanni Sgambati, Nino Rota, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Achille Simonetti, Pietro Musone, Gaetano Luporini, Pietro Torrigiani Michael Costa (letter tin English to organist and composer Henry Smart, reading "In reply to your letter just received I hasten to say that the rehearsal tomorrow begins at 12 o'clock punctually and your Cantata being the first to be rehearsed, I beg you to be there by the time appointed"), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (postcard to Alessandro Vardanega, saying that the Radio of Munich will probably broadcast his quartet towards the end of the month and asking the recipient to check the radio programmes), c. 1860s-1910s (quantity)