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Nicolas Nabokov
Happy New Year Card by Nicolas Nabokov - 1954

1954

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Autograph Happy New Year Card Signed by Nicolas Nabokov to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Paris, December 21st 1954 . In 24°. In French. Excellent condition: As good as New. a Mr. and Mrs. Nicols Nabokov Business card with autograph notes of invitation, attached ( on letterhead paper "American Academy in Rome". Original envelope on letterhead paper "La Musica nel XX secolo" included. The Russian-born composer never forgot to write to his mentor and patron of art A.L. Pecci Blunt, with this touching postcard signed by "Marie-Claire, Alexander, Caroline and Nicolas". Background: During the Fifties, Nicolas Nabokov became General Secretaryof the newly formed Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), backed by the CIA, and remained in the job for more than fifteen years, organizing music and cultural festivals, and was musical director of the American Academy in Rome (Villino Aurelia, Porta S. Pancrazio). Nicolas Nabokov (Russia 1903 –1978) The Russian-born composer and cultural figure, was the first cousin of the talented writer of "Speaks Memory", Vladimir Nabokov. Nabokov's first major musical work was the ballet-oratorio Ode, for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, in 1928. Nicolas Nabokov became a U.S. citizen in 1939. Married four times, he had three sons: renowned French publisher Ivan Nabokov, Alexander Nabokov, and anthropologist Peter Nabokov.
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    1954
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    Height: 4.93 in (12.5 cm)Width: 6.11 in (15.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
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    Seller: M-1130181stDibs: LU65037689122
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