Cotogni, Antonio - Autograph Letter Signed 1870 Conductors Saint-Saens's Ascanio and Henry VIII

Saint-Saens's Ascanio and Henry VIII

Wilhelm Backhaus

English composer (1809-1886)

who worked mostly on short films

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Cotogni, Antonio - Autograph Letter Signed 1870 Conductors Saint-Saens's Ascanio and Henry VIIIItalian baritone (1831 1918) of the first magnitude, regarded internationally as one of the greatest male opera singers of the 19th century. Fine and long autograph letter in Italian (untranslated) signed by him, dated in London, 1870, addressed to a colleague excusing himself for not being able to be part of a concert due to family concerns in Rome, and other personal issues (plus two extra letters addressed to close friends at the end). Size is 5. 2