Italian violinist and composer (1830-1905). Autograph letter signed. 50 rue basse du rempart [Paris]. 8vo. 1½ pp. on bifolium.
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To an unnamed pianist inquiring after the title of a Mozart andante that they had played together two years ago in the salon of the writer Marie-Constance Moisson de Vaux, baroness of Montaran (1796-1870): "J'ai eu l'honneur de jouer avec vous, il y a deux ans, chez Madame de Montaran, un andante de Mozart pour orgue, piano et violon. Je désire jouer ce morceau à mon Concert, et je viens vous prier de vouloir bien m'en donner le titre exact. Je l'ai déjà fait chercher mais inutilement, à cause de ma mauvaise indication sans doute [...]".
- Vincenzo Sighicelli had moved to Paris in 1855, where he lived as a prolific violinist, teacher, composer and arranger. In 1893 he bought the famous Le Brun Stradivarius once owned and played by Niccolò Paganini. - On stationery with embossed monogram and mourning border. Several minor tears and traces of former mounting..