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COSTA
(Pasquale Mario, 1858-1933, Italian composer)
Autograph Letter Signed in Italian to 'Dearest Signora', (Mme Ernesta Stern)
accepting "with great pleasure" for dinner, 1 side 8vo, Splendid Hotel, Avenue Carnot, Paris, 17th June
short tears in blank top margin
Mme Stern, née Hierschel, the wife of financier Louis Stern, kept a brilliant salon at 68 rue du Faubourg St. Honoré, almost opposite the Élysée Palace. Costa, born at Taranto, set popular songs in Neapolitan, French, and English to music, accompanying himself on the piano, besides writing the music for pantomimes and light comedies. From a small group of letters to her from Costa.
Item Date:
1913
Stock No:
50927
£40
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