New Puccini letters on “La Fanciulla del West” discovered by Aloma Bardi at the Library of Congress and published by Barbara Boganini in the ICAMus Web site.
A New Chapter in the understanding of "Fanciulla".
ICAMus announces its significant discovery and publication of new Puccini manuscript correspondence that sheds light on La Fanciulla del West. Aloma Bardi discovered a recently acquired collection of Puccini holograph manuscripts at the Library of Congress Music Division. Puccini scholar Barbara Boganini has transcribed and annotated the documents, and has provided an Introductory Note, in Puccini, the United States and the Years of “La Fanciulla”: Previously Unpublished Correspondence of Giacomo Puccini to George Maxwell; With a Letter to Carlo Clausetti.
After Barbara Boganini’s 2010 research on Puccini’s American sources and influence to honor the centenary of the composer’s “American opera”, ICAMus studies new important documents on the creation and reception of La Fanciulla del West. This publication is part of an extensive ICAMus project that Barbara Boganini is carrying out on Giacomo Puccini and the United States.
ICAMus gratefully acknowledges The Library of Congress, Denise Gallo, Head of Acquisition and Processing Section; The Library of Congress Music Division; the Division’s Chief Susan Vita; the Library’s music specialists, in particular Raymond A. White, Kate Rivers and Kevin LaVine, for their assistance and for granting access to the manuscripts.
Please read and download the Letters [here].
