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"Aimè
che fai", frottole for 4 voices, from a presentation
songbook,
c.1496. Modena, Bibltioteca Estense,
it. 1221, fol.65v (Il Bulino)
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Detail,
autograph of Stravinsky's L'oiseau de feu (Firebird).
Bibliothèque Bodmer, Cologny-Genève (Éditions
Minkoff) "An
autograph is like a snapshot, catching its subject in a private moment,
in the midst of an
act, spontaneous or posed. The facsimile of an autograph makes the act
public and guarantees its longevity."
Richard
Kramer, "Beethoven
Facsimiles", Nineteenth
Century Music
6 (1982-83): 76-81 |
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