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Vittorio Rieti
Set of 2 Autograph Letters by Vittorio Rieti - 1944

1944

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This lot is composed of 2 Vittorio Rieti's Autograph Letters Signed to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian, during the 1944. Excellent condition. In detail: A.L.S. New York, November 17th 1944. One page, single-sided. On the back autograph notes by the Countess; A.L.S. New York, December 4th 1944. One page, single-sided. Including original envelope. Letter of greetings by the Italian composer, Vittorio Rieti, that had just became American citizen, asking the intercession of the Countess Pecci-Blunt, for Mr. Cicognani. At the same time, the Countess was in the big-apple to enlarge her Cometa Gallery in Ny, always in touch with "our wretched country". 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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  • Creation Year:
    1944
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.03 in (28 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-1146801stDibs: LU65037550032

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