Ref No | WIA GC/32301 |
Title | Warburg, Aby to Solerti, Angelo 16/12/1900 |
Writer | Warburg, Aby |
Place1 | Florence, 1 Via Paolo Toscanelli |
Recipient | Solerti, Angelo |
Date | 16/12/1900 |
Format | manuscript; photocopy from Biblioteca civica di Bergamo, Carteggio Solerti |
Contents | apologizes for replying to Solerti's letter of 09/12/1900 so late; he is pleased to put his papers at Solerti's disposal; lists titles of drawings by Alessandro Allori in the volume mentioned by Warburg, Libro de' conti, Archivio Guardaroba; the invoices are undated, but bound chronologically into the volume and the drawings are between the entries for the years 1588 to 1595; the Diario of [Francesco] Settimani mentions a 'pastorale' by [Emilio de] Cavalieri [nowadays held to be by Paolo Lorenzani]; Warburg encloses a photograph; Warburg thinks that the 'pastorale' refers to the performance of the pastoral baroque opera 'Nicandro e Fileno'; Warburg tried to reconstruct the text of the opera, lists the books he consulted: Ferrazzoli, Donato Cucchetti; Warburg was sent a note from the archive in Modena by Professor [Riccardo] Gandolfi on a performance of 'Moscha ciecha', Florence, 1599; Warburg also found the text for the ballets by Luca Bati; Warburg will show Solerti everything should Solerti decide to travel to Florence; on 'Pastorella' performances by Cavalieri |
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Code | PersonName | Dates |
DS/UK/351 | Solerti; Angelo (1865-1907); Professore | 1865-1907 |