{"product_id":"17239-ponchielli-amilcare-autograph-letter-signed-with-sheet-of-autograph-grading-notes","title":"Ponchielli, Amilcare. (1834–1886) Autograph Letter Signed with Sheet of Autograph Grading Notes","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter from the Italian composer, teacher of Puccini and Mascagni at the Milano Conservatory and whose \"La Gioconda\" remains a favorite, to the set designer Ercole Sormani. Together with a sheet of autograph notes in Ponchielli's hand, recording his students' grades for their counterpoint class! The sheet of notes (3 pp. of a bifolium) gives details of the grades for thirteen students, as well as for some of those notes on their compositions of a fugue and a barcarolle, their ages and their number of years of study. Letter 6.25 x 4 inches (15.9 x 10 cm); notes 8 x 12 inches (20 x 30 cm). Some toning and light soiling, but overall fine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter (1 p., September 5, 1880), translated from the Italian, reads: \"Dear Sig. Sormani: if you need me today I am at your disposal, and tomorrow morning as well. I have thought about the modifications from last time. Towards 4, I will be at Via dell'Orso no. 5 [...] A. Ponchielli.\" \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093643710623,"sku":"17239","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ponchielli_Amilcare_ALS_and_Grades_17239_1.jpg?v=1722189398","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/17239-ponchielli-amilcare-autograph-letter-signed-with-sheet-of-autograph-grading-notes","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}