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54. Mentìa l'avviso

54.A.1

I-Mc
 (

Manoscritti 30/10 a

)

3 leaves, 4° oblong format (33 × 24 cm) with 12 staves.

Portions of drafts for 54.B.1 (some sketched several times), consisting of 120 bars in all on 4 pages.
On p. 1 is the autograph heading: “I° esame (Ideale) ore 6 pomeridiane / domenica 10 giugno 1883 / Parole di Felice Romani” and, in a different handwriting, “II (pp. 1-5)”. At the end of the music, on p. 5, Puccini wrote: “pieta un dolor di denti noioso che mi ha tormentato dalle 7 alle 2 [have mercy! a wearisome toothache tormented me from 7:00 to 2:00]”, as well as some further text crossed out and made illegible by deletion.

54.B.1

I-Mc
 (

Manoscritti 30/10 b

)

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

The leaf, erroneously sorted by I-Mc  as part of 53 (Manoscritti 30/8, the leaf numbered “1” [see NOTES for 53]), originally belonged to this manuscript as the title page, the recto of which bears Puccini’s signature “Giacomo Puccini”, and below (in a different handwriting) the inscription “Elaborato / dell’ Alunno Sig. Puccini” (v. blank) See also Kaye 1987, p. 33, who correctly describes the erroneous numbering.
The voice part is written in the tenor clef and the manuscript contains a few corrections in a different hand.
On p. 1, probably written by an official of the Milan Conservatory, is the indication: “Ricevuto alle ore 6 1/2 pom [received at 6:30 p.m.]”. At the end of the music, Puccini wrote “G Puccini”. The signatures of his professors and examiners, Bazzini, Ponchielli, Panzini, Saladino, and Dominiceti, appear at the end. At the end of p. 6, the date "1882-1883" appears in a different hand.

54.C.1

I-Mc
 (

Canto e Piano 32/5 and 32/6

)

2 lithographed copyist’s scores of 54.B.1 with the printed title “G. Puccini / ‘Mentì all’avviso’ [sic] / per Canto e Pianoforte”.

54.D.1

Copied source Portion Bibliographic reference Page number
54.A.1

p. 1

 Morini 1975

p. 27

54.D.2

Copied source Portion Bibliographic reference Page number
54.A.1

parts of 3 pages

 Sartori 1964

Tav. VI

54.D.3

Copied source Portion Bibliographic reference Page number
54.B.1

last page

 Hopkinson 1968

after p. 62

54.D.4

Copied source Portion Bibliographic reference Page number
54.B.1

single bars

 Bassi 1992

pp. 19-20

54.D.5

Copied source Portion Bibliographic reference Page number
54.B.1

pp. 1, 4-5

 Pecci 2025

pp. LVI-LVII.

54.E.1

Scena lirica — Mentì all’avviso [sic] for Solo Voice and Piano. Edited by Pietro Spada.
Copyright 1979.
Elkan-Vogel, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1979.
PN 161-00067, 7 pages (6 pages of music), 4°. 

Based on 54.A.1, without mentioning 54.B.1 and 54.C.1.

54.E.2

Kaye 1987, pp. 37-44.

Based on 54.B.1 with variants from 54.A.1.

54.E.3

Canti. Edited by Riccardo Pecci.
Carus Verlag, Stuttgart, 2010.
PN CV 05.301, pp. 41-45.

54.E.3a

Critical edition:
Liriche per canto e pianoforte. Edizione critica a cura di RIccardo Pecci. 
Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini, series Opere musicali, vol. III/3.
Carus Verlag, Stuttgart, 2025.
PN CV 56005, pp. 19-23.

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