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Vittorio Rieti
Set of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti - 1953

1953

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This is a set of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian, 1953. Excellent condition, including original envelopes. In detail: A.L.S. Paris, October 23rd 1953. One page, single-sided; A.L.S. New York, December 29th 1953. One page, single-sided. Interesting letters of greeting by the Italian musician Vittorio Rieti, always around the wourld for concerts with the final hope to see the Countess again at one of her residences. The great mentor and patron of arts, the Countess anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt has just committed a "ghost music composition" to Vittorio Rieti. With a long report of committements, initiatives and music records, the first letter wishes "all possible fun out of everything!". The second autograph is a simply happy new year letter and a good luck manuscripts for the Countess' Festival. 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- Blunt (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971) Best-known as "Mimì" Pecci-Blunt , 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 frequented by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, and Aldo Palazzeschi!
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    1953
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    Height: 10.83 in (27.5 cm)Width: 8.47 in (21.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1146651stDibs: LU65037549392
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