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Vittorio RietiSprings Concerts - Autograph letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti - 19331933
1933
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Springs Concerts is the main content of this correspondence, composed of three autograph letters signed by the Italian composer Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A. L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian, 1933. Excellent conditions, including original envelopes.
In Detail:
A.L.S. San Remo, September 18th 1933. One page, double-sided. On letterhead "Villa Rieti";
A. L.S. San Remo, October 10th. One page, single-sided. On letterhead paper "Villa Rieti";
A.L.S. Arles, November 2nd. Two pages, double sided.
The first autograph is a long summary of things to do, people or theaters to contact to organize the Spring concerts, a musical manifestation conceived by the Countess.
The second letter is an amusing greeting letter after a journey at the Royal Villa in Marlia. "Un giorno farò un'opera così divisa: I atto, Piscina; II atto, Croquet; III atto, pranzo nella cucina. Personaggi: Tutti! Sarà una tappa nell'amicizia franco-italiana". "One day I will do an opera divided as follows: Act I, Piscina; Act II, Croquet; Act III, lunch in the kitchen. Characters: Everybody! It will be a stage in the Franco-Italian friendship".
The third autograph deals with the mentioned above Society of Concerts was being born, with all the technical details (fundraising, collaborators, artists, musicians and politics to contact, theaters, committee).
Vittorio Rieti (Alessandria d'Egitto, 1898 – New York, 1994)
Vittorio Rieti was a Jewish-Italian-American composer, best-known for his tonal and neo-classical music. Firstly he moved to Milan to study economics and after in Rome under Respighi and Casella, and lived there until 1940. In 1925, he temporarily moved to Paris and composed music for George Balanchine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Barabau. In 1940 Rieti emigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalized American citizen on the 1st of June 1944. He taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore (1948–49), Chicago Musical College (1950–54), Queens College, New York (1958–60), and New York College of Music (1960–64).
Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971)
Best-known as Mimì, the Italian noblewoman was an art collector, patron and nephew of Pope Leo XIII. Extremely volcanic, she was very active in the cultural field, opening numerous lounges, galleries and theaters. In 1919 she married Cecil Blumenthal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York, heir to an important collection of nineteenth-century French painting. His Parisian and Roman salons was attended by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, she organized night musics and Springs Concerts calling the most talented musicians at the time.
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- Creation Year:1933
- Dimensions:Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 8.86 in (22.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
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