Newman, Ernest - Set of 2 Autograph Letters Signed 1937/9 to A. Toscanini Posters Koloman von Pataky

Koloman von Pataky

active both in stage and film

Russian mezzo-soprano (1845-1919)

shown as the Count Almaviva in Rossin's Barbiere di Siviglia

Newman, Ernest - Set of 2 Autograph Letters Signed 1937/9 to A. Toscanini Posters Koloman von PatakyEnglish music critic and musicologist (1868 1959). Set of two autograph letters signed by him, as follows: A. Dated 13 VI 1937, to Arturo Toscanini, concerning music transcriptions: The score LIncoronazione only arrived last night () As soon as I get a free afternoon I will go through [Giacomo] Benvenutis transcription, comparing it with the original. I heard the work about fifteen years ago at Oxford, where it was quite well performed by amateurs, in