DANNUNZIO GABRIELE Autograph Note Signed in the third person

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INVITATION TO HEAR HIS TRIBUTE TO VERDI D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE. Autograph Note Signed, in the third person within the text, to an unknown recipient ("S.V."), in Italian, inviting her to attend his recitation of his own poem, "In morte di Giuseppe Verdi," in the Great Hall of the Institute of Higher Studies [Florence] on February 27 [1901]. 1 page, oblong 8vo; folds, remnants of prior mounting at upper edge verso, small tear at right edge with minor loss. Np, [February 1901]

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The musical world felt the loss of Giuseppe Verdi when he died at the end of January in 1901. An outpouring of grief in the form of public orations, memorial concerts, and printed sentiments was seen across Italy and elsewhere. Rome's La tribuna published D'Annunzio's poetic elegy, "In morte di Giuseppe Verdi," on February 28, 1901.