Puccini, Giacomo. (1858–1924). Autograph Musical Quotation from La Boheme on Visiting Card. AMQS, signed “Giacomo Puccini,” on the composer's printed visiting card from his 1910 stay at the Knickerbocker Hotel, New York. Puccini pens three bars from ‘La Bohème,’ comprising the beginning of the melody of ‘Mi chiamano Mimi.’ Signed at the conclusion, “Giacomo Puccini, '910.” Elaborately archivally mounted with a portrait photograph, and framed to an overall size of 29.5 x 40 cm [11.5 x 15.75 in]. In very fine condition. A bold and stunning example from this all-time favorite - the first example we've seen on a visiting card.
Puccini arrived in New York on November 16, 1910 to supervise the preparation of his "La fanciulla del West," commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera (the first ever world premiere there) on 10 December 1910. In a letter to his sister Ramelde from shortly after his arrival, he describes the hotel: "We are staying at this immense hotel with fifteen or more floors and live like royalty. We have four rooms and two bathrooms with lots of light and magnificently refined meals, everything paid for." It is interesting that in this period of activity surrounding the premiere of "Fanciulla" that the composer would pen a quotation from his "La Boheme."
Puccini arrived in New York on November 16, 1910 to supervise the preparation of his "La fanciulla del West," commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera (the first ever world premiere there) on 10 December 1910. In a letter to his sister Ramelde from shortly after his arrival, he describes the hotel: "We are staying at this immense hotel with fifteen or more floors and live like royalty. We have four rooms and two bathrooms with lots of light and magnificently refined meals, everything paid for." It is interesting that in this period of activity surrounding the premiere of "Fanciulla" that the composer would pen a quotation from his "La Boheme."
Puccini, Giacomo. (1858–1924). Autograph Musical Quotation from La Boheme on Visiting Card. AMQS, signed “Giacomo Puccini,” on the composer's printed visiting card from his 1910 stay at the Knickerbocker Hotel, New York. Puccini pens three bars from ‘La Bohème,’ comprising the beginning of the melody of ‘Mi chiamano Mimi.’ Signed at the conclusion, “Giacomo Puccini, '910.” Elaborately archivally mounted with a portrait photograph, and framed to an overall size of 29.5 x 40 cm [11.5 x 15.75 in]. In very fine condition. A bold and stunning example from this all-time favorite - the first example we've seen on a visiting card.
Puccini arrived in New York on November 16, 1910 to supervise the preparation of his "La fanciulla del West," commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera (the first ever world premiere there) on 10 December 1910. In a letter to his sister Ramelde from shortly after his arrival, he describes the hotel: "We are staying at this immense hotel with fifteen or more floors and live like royalty. We have four rooms and two bathrooms with lots of light and magnificently refined meals, everything paid for." It is interesting that in this period of activity surrounding the premiere of "Fanciulla" that the composer would pen a quotation from his "La Boheme."
Puccini arrived in New York on November 16, 1910 to supervise the preparation of his "La fanciulla del West," commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera (the first ever world premiere there) on 10 December 1910. In a letter to his sister Ramelde from shortly after his arrival, he describes the hotel: "We are staying at this immense hotel with fifteen or more floors and live like royalty. We have four rooms and two bathrooms with lots of light and magnificently refined meals, everything paid for." It is interesting that in this period of activity surrounding the premiere of "Fanciulla" that the composer would pen a quotation from his "La Boheme."