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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" TOSCANINI, ARTURO. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed, "Happy birthday to Chotzi / AToscanini," a variation of "Happy Birthday" in 11 bars, notated on two hand-ruled two-stave systems, with holograph lyrics, on his monogrammed stationery, mounted at corners to front blank in a large book. The book: Gaetano Donizetti and Salvatore Cammarano. Lucia di Lammermoor, dramma tragico. "313 extra" of 300 copies. Oblong folio, 1/4 morocco with cloth over boards, moderately stained and abraded; Istituto di Alta Cultura bookplate pasted to colophon, moderate uneven toning to preliminaries and subsidiaries, scattered dampstaining at lower edge throughout. Milan: E. Bestetti, 1941. Np, 4 July 1949
The "Chotzi" in the inscription is likely music critic and pianist Samuel Chotzinoff (1889-1964), who helped persuade Toscanini to become the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra in 1937.
