60: Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) Signed Start Price EUR 800.00 Current Price EUR 800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, December 10, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Location Turin, Italy See more about '60: Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) Signed' Description Current Lot Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) Signed autograph letter addressed to Emilia Branca Romani, the woman who married the famous poet and librettist Felice Romani, and dated '16 giugno 1882'.In this interesting, intensive one-page and ½ letter, 8vo, the composer and author of La Gioconda espresses his feelings and emotions, which aroused afterreading Emilia Branca's book on the 'Sommo Poeta Romani, già a lei degnissimo consorte, non che le vicende dei nostri grandi Maestri, alla cui celebrità egli contribuì potentemente col suo verso così naturale, sempre efficacissimo, e colla suo forma splendida... '. The volume mentioned by Ponchielli is Emilia Branca's Felice Romani ed i più riputati maestri di musica del suo tempo. Cenni biografici e anedottici, published by Loescher in 1992. For further bibliographic references on Romani, see. A Roccatagliati, Felice Romani, LlM, Lucca 1994. Also enclosed in this lot is the original envelope with stamp and cancellations. Place a Bid!