Subasta Bidspirit | PACINI GIOVANNI: (1796-1867)

PACINI GIOVANNI: (1796-1867) - PACINI GIOVANNI: (1796-1867) Italian Composer. Son of buffo Luigi Pacini. A Sicilian mainly opera composer. A very fine A.L.S., ` Giovanni Pacini ´, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., to `Eccellenza´, (“Your Excellency”), in Italian. Pacini states ` La gratitude la plus ample me pousse à adrésser à V. E. ces quelques lignes avec l´espoir que ma pensé pourra être accueillie avec bonté par l´Homme incomparable, l´illustre Mécène des Beaux-Arts et Protecteur de l´humble personne qui écrit ici´ ( Translation: “ The biggest gratitude prompts me to address these few lines to Your Excellency in the hope that my thoughts may be received with kindness by the incomparable Man, the illustrious Patron of the Fine Arts and Protector of the humble person who writes here”) Pacini further refers to the end of his career as composer and explains his wish saying ` … avant de mettre un terme à ma longue carrière de compositeur, j´ai le bonheur de revoir Paris - d´offrir en tribute au Grand les hommages de ma plus haute admiration - et de produire sur la scène du Théatre Italien une oeuvre nouvelle, je le devrai au souvenir que l´aimable et parfaitement bon Prince Joseph Poniatowski garde de moi´ ( Translation: “ …before putting an end to my long career as a composer, I have the pleasure of seeing Paris again - of offering in tribute to the Great the tributes of my highest admiration - and of producing on stage at the Italian Theater a new work, I will owe it to the memory that the amiable and perfectly good Prince Joseph Poniatowski keeps of me”) Pacini further refers to his new opera Gli Arabi nelle Galli (“The Arabs in the Gallic”) Accompanied by a full transcription and translation of the letter into French. With blank integral leaf. Small overall minor age wear, some creases to the left corners and few very small stains. G