Puccini, Giacomo

comprising two bars from Marcello’s address to Benoit in Act One [“Dica: quant’ anni ha caro Signor Benoit]”, notated in dark brown ink, without the words, on a hand-drawn stave, on a postcard with a colour illustration of this scene in the garret, with Schaunard, Colline and Marcello inspecting Benoit’s rent demand (“Affitto!”), 1 page, oblong 8vo, (c.9 x 14cm), colour postcard by Ricordi of Milan, no date

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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We have no record of this passage from La bohème appearing at auction before.  Marcello's phrase appears here without all the necessary accidentals: in the opera the music is in C# minor (Figure 19, p.39 of the vocal score by Ricordi).