MUSIC]. PUCCINI, Giacomo (1858-1924), composer . Autograph letter signed ("G. Puccini") to Rose Ader, Milan, 26 April 1921. 2 pages, 4to, on Puccini's imprinted stationery, in Italian (with some words in French). Puccini dramatises his physical and emotional malaise in a passionate love letter to the German soprano Rose Ader, his mistress, declaring "you are carved in my heart...no matter what happens, nobody will be able to tear you away from me. If you love me, I will adore you forever!" He explains that he has been working on his opera Turandot , "but I have not accomplished much" due to illness; she is, in fact, all he thinks about, "it is both a caress and a torment ... How difficult it is to achieve happiness. I will never reach it." Turandot was eventually premièred posthumously at La Scala on 25 April 1926, and displays Puccini's characteristically lyric style and masterful orchestration which evoke strongly dramatic emotional effects. -- GRIEG, Edward (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed ("Edvard Grieg") to Frau Hedwig Von Holstein, Leipzig, [1895]. 1 page, 8vo, pale green headed stationery card of "Hotel Hauffe, Leipzig." Grieg writes to inform Frau Von Holstein that he is coming back from Dassau so tired that he will not be able to accept her invitation and begs her to excuse him. Known as "the Voice of Norway" due to his strongly nationalistic style, Grieg drew heavily on Norwegian folk music to produce original and characteristically lyrical compositions -- CARUSO, Enrico (1873-1921), operatic tenor . Autograph self-caricature ("Autocaricatura") ink drawing signed ("Enrico Caruso"), Naples, 1910. 8vo, 119 x 171mm, cloth-matted in giltwood. A comic self-caricature in profile of one of the greatest singers in the history of opera, drawn during the peak of his career. Caruso had had his first major success in London in 1902, and achieved even greater triumph in his American debut in 1903 at the Metropolitan Opera in Rigoletto , where he remained the reigning favorite until a short time before his death. -- HERBERT, Victor (1859-1924). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Victor Herbert") to Albert F. Wayne, n.p., January 1923. 4to, 196 x 244mm., inscribed in white border, some toning to mount, tear at bottom corner tip of mount, matted and frameed. BOLDLY INSCRIBED by Herbert above his quarter-length portrait: "To Albert F. Wayne the genial conductor of the excellent 'Stanley' orchestra with best wishes, Victor Herbert, Jan. 1923." Beside the inscription Herbert adds an autograph musical quote, two bars from his serious opera Natoma (1911). An Irish-born American cellist and composer, Herbert was conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1898 to 1904, but after 1904 dedicated himself to composition, achieving his major success with operettas including Babes in Toyland (1903), Naughty Marietta (1910) and scores for the Ziegfeld Follies . Together four items . (3)
MUSIC]. PUCCINI, Giacomo (1858-1924), composer . Autograph letter signed ("G. Puccini") to Rose Ader, Milan, 26 April 1921. 2 pages, 4to, on Puccini's imprinted stationery, in Italian (with some words in French). Puccini dramatises his physical and emotional malaise in a passionate love letter to the German soprano Rose Ader, his mistress, declaring "you are carved in my heart...no matter what happens, nobody will be able to tear you away from me. If you love me, I will adore you forever!" He explains that he has been working on his opera Turandot , "but I have not accomplished much" due to illness; she is, in fact, all he thinks about, "it is both a caress and a torment ... How difficult it is to achieve happiness. I will never reach it." Turandot was eventually premièred posthumously at La Scala on 25 April 1926, and displays Puccini's characteristically lyric style and masterful orchestration which evoke strongly dramatic emotional effects. -- GRIEG, Edward (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed ("Edvard Grieg") to Frau Hedwig Von Holstein, Leipzig, [1895]. 1 page, 8vo, pale green headed stationery card of "Hotel Hauffe, Leipzig." Grieg writes to inform Frau Von Holstein that he is coming back from Dassau so tired that he will not be able to accept her invitation and begs her to excuse him. Known as "the Voice of Norway" due to his strongly nationalistic style, Grieg drew heavily on Norwegian folk music to produce original and characteristically lyrical compositions -- CARUSO, Enrico (1873-1921), operatic tenor . Autograph self-caricature ("Autocaricatura") ink drawing signed ("Enrico Caruso"), Naples, 1910. 8vo, 119 x 171mm, cloth-matted in giltwood. A comic self-caricature in profile of one of the greatest singers in the history of opera, drawn during the peak of his career. Caruso had had his first major success in London in 1902, and achieved even greater triumph in his American debut in 1903 at the Metropolitan Opera in Rigoletto , where he remained the reigning favorite until a short time before his death. -- HERBERT, Victor (1859-1924). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Victor Herbert") to Albert F. Wayne, n.p., January 1923. 4to, 196 x 244mm., inscribed in white border, some toning to mount, tear at bottom corner tip of mount, matted and frameed. BOLDLY INSCRIBED by Herbert above his quarter-length portrait: "To Albert F. Wayne the genial conductor of the excellent 'Stanley' orchestra with best wishes, Victor Herbert, Jan. 1923." Beside the inscription Herbert adds an autograph musical quote, two bars from his serious opera Natoma (1911). An Irish-born American cellist and composer, Herbert was conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1898 to 1904, but after 1904 dedicated himself to composition, achieving his major success with operettas including Babes in Toyland (1903), Naughty Marietta (1910) and scores for the Ziegfeld Follies . Together four items . (3)
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