Giacomo Puccini correspondence to Arturo Toscanini, 1894-1924

Collection Data

Description
22 letters, 8 cards, and 2 telegrams from Giacomo Puccini to Arturo Toscanini; 2 letters from Giacomo Puccini to Carla Toscanini; 1 letter from Giacomo Puccini to Gervelli (an impresario); 1 letter from Giacomo Puccini to Riccardo Schnabel Rossi; and 2 letters from Elvira Puccini to Arturo Toscanini. Subjects include productions of Manon Lescaut, La Boh̋eme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, and Turandot. Accompanied by clipping of an article relating the plot of Turandot to Puccini's life.
Names
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Author)
Gervelli (Addressee)
Schnabl, Riccardo, 1872?-1955 (Addressee)
Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957 (Addressee)
Toscanini, Carla, 1877-1951 (Addressee)
Puccini, Elvira (Author)
Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini (Donor)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1894 - 1924
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: JOB 87-2 [photocopies]
Shelf locator: JOB 86-5 [originals]
Topics
Opera
Composers
Conductors (Music)
Genres
Correspondence
Postcards
Visiting cards
Telegrams
Stationery
Notes
Additional physical form: Photocopies available for public use.
Acquisition: MUS
Acquisition: 1986 Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini 14 E.94th St., New York, NY 10128 Gift, 1986
Biographical/historical: Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer of operas.
Language: In Italian; accompanying material in English.
Ownership: Gift of Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, 1986.
Action: Accessioned 02/03/87
Action: Record produced 07/17/91
Content: Detailed contents list in the repository.
Physical Description
Extent: 39 items
Arranged chronologically.
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW87-A2
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11484883
MSS Unit ID: 20010
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 23607c30-0715-013c-7916-0242ac110002
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