[Cadenzas for Dame Nellie Melba] [music]. 1898?

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[Cadenzas for Dame Nellie Melba] [music]. 1898?

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Two cadenzas written by Joseph Joachim for Dame Nellie Melba, possibly for use in Mozart's Il re pastore, and possibly re-written from an earlier version for Jenny Lind. Accompanied by photocopy of an autograph message - "Everything you sing you ennoble dear Nellie Melba. I said it and I think it to! [sic] Joseph Joachim Fernley June 26th 1898"

1 ms. score (1 p.) ; 21 cm.

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Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907

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Melba, Nellie

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