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[MUSIC] - “VERDI’S FINAL GESTURE TO GHISLANZONI: A FAREWELL AMID TRIUMPHS AND SORROW” - VERDI Giuseppe - Autograph letter signed, dated “Genova 20 marzo 1893” by the celebrated Italian composer. Addressed to the librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824 - 1893). This is perhaps the last letter addressed by Verdi to his famous librettist of “Aida” and “Don Carlos”, as indicated on the verso of the sheet by a coeval hand. Ghislanzoni, seriously ill, had already a piece taken refuge in his hermitage in Caprino Bergamasco, hoping to restore his health. Aggravated, however, in the spring of '93 he would die the following July 16. In these very cordial lines the Maestro, who until the end had relieved Ghislanzoni's financial straits, thanks him: “…dei vostri augurj anche per parte di Peppina, che sono grati a noi quanto…non so dirti, ma voi lo immaginate…” and makes an important mention of his very recent successes for “Falstaff, ” staged at La Scala in Milan on 9. 2. 1893 and presented to Roman audiences, the King present, on March 15, again with the La Scala orchestra: “…Non vi parlo di trionfi…”. Rather, with exquisite good sense, he prefers to remind his sick friend of a recent certificate he obtained “…per i vostri bei versi…”. He finally ends by apologizing because “…La fretta m’impedisce di restare piu' a lungo con voi…”. 1 p. In-8.