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ARRIGO BOITO A.L.S.

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ARRIGO BOITO A.L.S.
<b>458. ARRIGO BOITO</b> (1842 - 1918) Italian librettist and composer, known for his opera Mephistopheles and librettos for Verdi's operas Falstaff and Othello. Fine content, uncommon A.L.S. "<i>Arrigo Boito</i>" 2pp. 8vo., [n.p.], Nov. 4, [n.y.], in Italian to an unnamed recipient whom he addressed as "<i>Carissima amica</i>". In part: "<i>...Your author alluded to the last prerogative in the Fifth Symphony. Your...is precisely in the 28th and 18th measures, first from the Presto which crowns the opera...These characteristics pace the words: courage, sincerity, indomitable resolution, all this is fine, [in English] all right...The page that ends the citation [?]...is very good in your translation. Give my best wishes to your husband and Marthe, and may your work be...tranquil...</i>". Very attractively matted in dark green with a bust portrait, and set into a beautiful scrolled gilt frame. In very good condition, unexamined out of frame. Ideal for display.<b> $600-800</b>