BEIN Za St34 930L copy 1: Presentation inscription to Carl Van Vechten from Gertrude Stein. Bookplate of Van Vechten., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 2: Presentation inscription to William Carlos Williams from Gertrude Stein., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 3: Presentation inscription to Norman Holmes Pearson from Alice Toklas, 1947., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 4: Presentation inscription to John Breon from Gertrude Stein, October 1945., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 5: From the library of Ralph Hodgson., At head of title: A novel of romantic beauty and nature, and which looks like an engraving., and "The plain edition an edition of first editions of all the work not yet printed of Gertrude Stein."
Score in two volumes, written in manuscript in the hands of several copyists, with text in Italian and German translation. Annotations on the title page of each act list performances in Italian cities, including Alba, 1882; Alessandria, 1851; Bari, 1877-1878; Bergamo, 1851 and 1885-1886; Brescia, 1887; Verdi's Busseto estate, 1890; Casale Monferrato, 1878; Fabriano, n.d.; Faenza, n.d.; Fano, 1877-1878; Fiume, n.d.; Genoa, 1850 and 1889; Gorizia, 1889; Mantua, 1878 and 1887; Milan, 1881; Padua, 1879-1880; Parma, n.d.; Pistoia, 1890; Reggio, 1851 and 1883; Riva, 1878; Rome, 1885 and n.d.; Rovigo, 1850; San Remo, 1880-1881; Turin, n.d.; Vercelli, 1851-1852; Vicenza, 1888; and Zara, 1852 and n.d. and Stamps on title pages and throughout each act indicate that the score was rented through the Leipzig office of Verdi's publisher Ricordi, apparently during a German revival of the opera in the 1920s. Blank pages following each act are stamped 1929. Part of act two and missing fragments of a few other pages have been replaced by later copyists. Metronome markings, cuts, and other performance markings appear throughout the score. The title page of act one is signed by conductor Leopoldo Mugnone
Alternative Title:
Luisa Miller. German & Italian
Description:
Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849. and Bound by a former owner. "D. Walter" stamped on each spine.
