Autograph letters signed (2), dated and undated : Salsomaggiore, near Parma, 4 July 1889, and [London, n.d.], to [Joseph Bennett], 1889 July 4 and n.d.

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Autograph letters signed (2), dated and undated : Salsomaggiore, near Parma, 4 July 1889, and [London, n.d.], to [Joseph Bennett], 1889 July 4 and n.d.

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Saying that his health prevented him from attending the rehearsals in London of [Wagner's] Meistersinger, which he translated into Italian for Covent Garden, describing the difficulty involved in the translation, especially since he "was bound not to change a single note in the whole score," adding that he has just heard that Bottesini is ill and sinking fast, thanking Bennett for printing his article "Music in Belgium" in the Lute, etc.

2 items (5 p.) ; (16mo and 12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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