Giacomo Puccini correspondence to Arturo Toscanini, 1894-1924 - NYPL Digital Collections

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Description: 22 letters, 8 cards, and 2 telegrams from Giacomo Puccini to Arturo Toscanini; 2 letters from Giacomo Puccini to Carla Toscanini; 1 letter from Giacomo Puccini to Gervelli (an impresario); 1 letter from Giacomo Puccini to Riccardo Schnabel Rossi; and 2 letters from Elvira Puccini to Arturo Toscanini. Subjects include productions of Manon Lescaut, La Boh̋eme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, and Turandot. Accompanied by clipping of an article relating the plot of Turandot to Puccini's life.
Names: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Author); Gervelli (Addressee); Schnabl, Riccardo, 1872?-1955 (Addressee); Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957 (Addressee); Toscanini, Carla, 1877-1951 (Addressee); Puccini, Elvira (Author); Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini (Donor)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1894 - 1924
Library locations: Music Division; Shelf locator: JOB 87-2 [photocopies]; Shelf locator: JOB 86-5 [originals]
Topics: Opera; Composers; Conductors (Music)
Genres: Correspondence; Postcards; Visiting cards; Telegrams; Stationery
Notes: Additional physical form: Photocopies available for public use.; Acquisition: MUS; Acquisition: 1986 Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini 14 E.94th St., New York, NY 10128 Gift, 1986; Biographical/historical: Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer of operas.; Language: In Italian; accompanying material in English.; Ownership: Gift of Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, 1986.; Action: Accessioned 02/03/87; Action: Record produced 07/17/91; Content: Detailed contents list in the repository.
Physical Description: Extent: 39 items; Arranged chronologically.
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPW87-A2; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11484883; MSS Unit ID: 20010; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 23607c30-0715-013c-7916-0242ac110002

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