Sempre libera, from Verdi's La traviata (album leaf) : manuscript in the hand of Marcella Sembrich, 1916 Nov.

Record ID: 
115702
Accession number: 
Cary 101
Creator: 
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Biographical Data: 
Italian composer.
Title: 
Sempre libera, from Verdi's La traviata (album leaf) : manuscript in the hand of Marcella Sembrich, 1916 Nov.
Uniform title: 
Traviata. Sempre libera (Album leaf)
Date: 
1916 Nov.
Inscription/Markings: 

"'Traviata' Verdi." At the end: "'L'Arte è croce e delizia'! To my dear friend Harry H. Flagler those few bars from an opera in which he has often heard his. sincere and affectionate friend Marcella Sembrich New York Nov. 1916."

Notes: 

Two measures, for voice.
Text begins: "Sempre libera."

Provenance: 

From the autograph album of Harry Harkness Flagler.

Associated names: 

Sembrich, Marcella, 1858-1935, transcriber.
Flagler, Harry Harkness, former owner.
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. Sempre libera.