[Andrea Maffei, Italian poet and librettist for Verdi and Mascagni.] Autograph Manuscript of his poem Il tramonto (put to music for voice and piano by Verdi), signed Andrea Maffei.

Andrea Maffei (1798-1885), Italian poet, librettist for Giuseppe Verdi

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Holograph of sixteen-line poem in four four-line stanzas, headed Il tramonto and signed at bottom right Andrea Maffei . 1p, 16mo. Text entirely clear and complete, on discoloured laid paper with chipping and slight loss at right-hand margin. Begins: Amo l ova del girono che muore / Quando il sole già stanco declina, . No variations from the version printed in the 1864 Florence edition of Maffei s works, apart from Una età beginning l.6 here, as opposed to Un' età there. The 1864 printed version itself differs a couple of ways from the version put to music by Verdi as the first of his Sei Romanze (1838). See Image. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25798

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