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Vittorio Rieti
Merry Christmas Card Signed by Vittorio Rieti - 1956

1956

$282.48
£213.03
€250VAT Included
CA$402.82
A$413.02
CHF 235.33
MX$5,257.43
NOK 2,703.07
SEK 2,820.27
DKK 1,906.18

About the Item

Merry Christmas Card Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. New York, December 20th 1956. In Italian. Excellent condition, including original envelope. A folding Marry Christmas Card, inside the printed "Greetings of the season" and autograph notes by the composer. From the big Apple, the Italian-American composer, writes this lovely postcard to his friend, mentor and patron of arts, the Countess Pecci-Blunt! Signed "Vittorio Rieti". Vittorio Rieti (Alessandria d'Egitto, 1898 – New York, 1994) Vittorio Rieti was a Jewish-Italian-American composer, best-known for his tonal and neo-classical music. Firstly he moved to Rome under the teaching of Respighi and Casella, and lived there until 1940.In 1925, he temporarily moved to Paris and composed music for George Balanchine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Barabau. In 1940 Rieti emigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalized American citizen on the 1st of June 1944. He taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore (1948–49), Chicago Musical College (1950–54), Queens College, New York (1958–60), and New York College of Music (1960–64).
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  • Creation Year:
    1956
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.35 in (21.2 cm)Width: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1142931stDibs: LU65037503852

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