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Draft of part of Act 2 of Madama Butterfly : autograph manuscript, 1903?

Record ID
263554
Creator
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Biographical Data
Italian composer.
Object title

Draft of part of Act 2 of Madama Butterfly : autograph manuscript, 1903?

Uniform title
Madama Butterfly (Sketches)
Date
1903?
Provenance
Friedrich Georg Zeileis.
Notes
Part of the composition draft of of Act 2 (fig. 75-fig. 89-2), i.e. from the flower duet to shortly before the beginning of the humming chorus.
Libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa, after D. Belasco's stage version of a magazine story by J.L. Long.
Associated names
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, librettist.
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906, librettist.
Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Madame Butterfly.
Long, John Luther, 1861-1927. Madame Butterfly.
Zeileis, Friedrich Georg, former owner.