ID 1349642
Lot 44 | Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Autograph manuscript signed (four times, 'R. Leoncavallo'), 'La canzone di Don Giovanni', Warsaw, 16 May 1903
A fair copy, title, with dedication to 'Mon ami / Edward Lewy-Taljanski', text on one page, music for voice and piano on three systems of three staves, 4½ pages, 319 x 250mm. Bound in later leather.
A Mozart-inspired song. On the title page, Leoncavallo claims ownership of the 'melody, words and music' for this composition.
| Artist: | Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919) |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Artist: | Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919) |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
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