Cotogni, Antonio - Autograph Letter Signed 1870 Conductors Color photo

Color photo

Wilhelm Backhaus

Signed and inscribed on the first page to pianist Carroll Glenn

English composer (1809-1886)

Cotogni, Antonio - Autograph Letter Signed 1870 Conductors Color photoItalian baritone (1831 1918) of the first magnitude, regarded internationally as one of the greatest male opera singers of the 19th century. Fine and long autograph letter in Italian (untranslated) signed by him, dated in London, 1870, addressed to a colleague excusing himself for not being able to be part of a concert due to family concerns in Rome, and other personal issues (plus two extra letters addressed to close friends at the end). Size is 5. 2