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PUCCINI, Giacomo (1848-1924). Two autograph letters signed ('Giacomo Puccini', 'G. Puccini' and 'P') to Tito Ricordi, Torre del Lago, 29 March and 20 October 1911, on letter-cards, together two pages, 8vo.
Help for an old collaborator, La Fanciulla del West and Toscanini. In October 1911 Puccini writes with bad news of [Carlo] Carignani, 'who is absolutely without work and it pains me to see him like that. He does not have the courage to tell me himself'; Pucccini asks Tito to 'do me the kindness of sending him some artists who wish to study La Fanciulla', and communicates Carignani's sad reminiscences of the times when 'Sig. Giulio [Ricordi] used to send dozens and dozens of artists to his house'. He laments that 'maestri di canto are worth almost nothing now' -- he hears the same thing from Toscanini. A letter of March the same year refers to some business in Rome which is 'molto imbrogliato' and adds 'I believe I shall come to Rome and we shall talk'.
Carlo Carignani (1857-1919), initially a singing master, made the piano arrangement for Edgar, and worked in some capacity for Puccini for the next 20 years. (2)
Help for an old collaborator, La Fanciulla del West and Toscanini. In October 1911 Puccini writes with bad news of [Carlo] Carignani, 'who is absolutely without work and it pains me to see him like that. He does not have the courage to tell me himself'; Pucccini asks Tito to 'do me the kindness of sending him some artists who wish to study La Fanciulla', and communicates Carignani's sad reminiscences of the times when 'Sig. Giulio [Ricordi] used to send dozens and dozens of artists to his house'. He laments that 'maestri di canto are worth almost nothing now' -- he hears the same thing from Toscanini. A letter of March the same year refers to some business in Rome which is 'molto imbrogliato' and adds 'I believe I shall come to Rome and we shall talk'.
Carlo Carignani (1857-1919), initially a singing master, made the piano arrangement for Edgar, and worked in some capacity for Puccini for the next 20 years. (2)
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