Sunday, 23 October 2011

Le Pas des Cameristes - Menuet

GM.03 (H.016) Le Pas des Cameristes - Menuet
                          Paul Wachs [1851-1915]
                          piano
                          G. Ricordi & C., Paris
                          s.d. [c.1896]
                          Artist: Leopoldo Metlicovitz
                                                   [1868-1944]
                          7pp

Metlicovitz, one of Hohenstein's students, became one of the foremost graphic artists at the Ricordi publishing house. This is one of his early work. See also Madam Butterfly from 1906: http://abcmusicmuseum.blogspot.com/2012/10/madam-butterfly-g-puccini.html  and La Fanciulla del West dating to 1911:  http://abcmusicmuseum.blogspot.com/2011/09/la-fanciulla-del-west.html