La bohème, Act 4 (sketches) : autograph manuscript, 1895 Dec. 12.

Record ID: 
115495
Accession number: 
Heineman MS 173B
Creator: 
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Biographical Data: 
Italian composer.
Title: 
La bohème, Act 4 (sketches) : autograph manuscript, 1895 Dec. 12.
Uniform title: 
Bohème. Quadro 4o (Sketches)
Date: 
1895 Dec. 12.
Inscription/Markings: 

Signed, with a self-caricature: "GPuccini Torre deLago 12.12.90cinque [i.e. 12 December 1895]."

Notes: 

The sketch begins with Colline's "Schaunard, ognuno per diversa via mettiamo insieme due atti di pietà" and ends with the first 5 bars of his "Vecchia zimarra" in piano-vocal score.
Libretto by Illica and Giacosa.

Associated names: 

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, librettist.
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906, librettist.