Sources
53. Fuga

[Piuttosto lento, G minor, 6/8]

53.A.1

I-Mc
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Manoscritti 30/8; pagination in another handwriting: “2” and “3”

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First page of a double leaf (pp. 2-4 are blank), 4° oblong format (33 × 24 cm) with 12 staves.

This is the beginning of the fugue, broken off in bar 6.

53.A.2

I-Mc
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Manoscritti 30/8; pagination in another handwriting: “4”

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1 leaf, 4° oblong format (33 × 24 cm) with 12 staves.

The recto consists of the beginning of the fugue (bars 1-12, headed “Piuttosto Lento quasi andte”). The verso comprises a draft of bars 19-32 for the definitive version 53.B.1.

53.A.3

I-Mc
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Manoscritti 30/8; pagination in another handwriting: “5"

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1 leaf, 4° oblong format (33 × 24 cm) with 12 staves.

The recto consists of the beginning of the fugue broken off after 12 bars and begun again (with bars 1-7, also headed “Piuttosto Lento quasi andte”). The verso comprises a draft of bars 32-45 for the definitive version 53.B.1.

53.A.4

I-Mc
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Manoscritti 30/8; pagination in another handwriting: “6”

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1 leaf, 4° oblong format (33 × 24 cm) with 12 staves.

The recto consists of 3 bars broken off and draft of 11 bars of bars 46-55 for the definitive version 53.B.1. The verso comprises 5 bars of the beginning of the fugue.

53.B.1

I-Mc
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Manoscritti 30/8; pagination in another handwriting: “7-10"

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2 leaves (“7” and “10”) and 1 double leaf (“8/9”), 4° oblong format (33 × 24 cm) with 12 staves.

Leaf 7r. bears the autograph heading “Puccini Giacomo 1883 / Milano”, with “ricevuto alle ore 5.40 pom[eriggio]” written below in another hand (v. blank). At the end of leaf 10v. in a different handwriting: “1882-83” (r. blank).
Leaves 7 and 10 certainly comprise the original cover for the double leaf 8/9, which contains the complete fugue in 64 bars (2 further bars were cancelled). As with the drafts above, the music is written in the soprano, alto, tenor, and bass clefs, and includes a few corrections in another hand.
At the start of the piece, the composer wrote his name as “GPuccini”. The signatures of his professors and examiners, Bazzini, Saladino, Dominiceti, Ponchielli, Palminteri, and Panzini, appear at the end.

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