Sources
82. Sogno d'or

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82.B.1

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Missing: autograph score.


82.B.2

I-Fn
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Mus.Mss.97/3

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Printer’s copy for 82.E.1 consisting of 1 double leaf (2 pages of music), 2° with 12 staves.
Autograph title: “Sogno d’or / Versi di Carlo Marsili”; signed and dated at the end: “Giacomo Puccini / nov. 1912,” and on the verso the autograph inscription: “Carissimo Sig Lucio d’Ambra / Eccole quattro / note [here are the four notes]Note: In this context, “quattro” in Italian means “a few.” per noi e il mondo / Saluti / aff. / GPuccini.”
The music and the text were written by a copyist, some of the expression marks may have been added by Puccini.

A succinct, but not totally accurate description is to be found in Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze: Sette anni di acquisti e doni 1990-1996 (Livorno: Sillabe, 1997), 80.

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82.D.1

Copied source Portion Bibliographic reference Page number
82.E.1

La Rondine. Programma di sala, Milan: Teatro alla Scala, 1994, 58-60.

82.E.1

In Noi e il Mondo. Rivista mensile de “La Tribuna”. Rome. Anno III, No. 1, January 1913, after p. 36.
Title: “Sogno d’or / Musica inedita di Giacomo Puccini / Versi di Carlo Marsili”; with the following editorial note: “Giacomo Puccini, il glorioso musicista italiano, ha voluto cortesemente riserbare a ‘Noi e il Mondo’ — destinandola a questo fascicolo di Natale e Capodanno — una deliziosa melodia in cui son tutta la grazia e tutt’il fascino della sua arte squisita e sapiente [Giacomo Puccini, the glorious Italian composer, kindly wanted to reserve for ‘Noi e il Mondo’ — designating it for this holiday issue for Christmas and New Year — a delicious melody in which there is all of the grace and all of the fascination of his exquisite and competent artistry].”
At the end of the printing, Puccini’s autograph signature and dating is reproduced from 82.B.2.

Copies
I-Rn

Per.IT.436

82.E.2

Six Songs for Voice and Piano by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Edited and Annotated by Michael Kaye.
Master Music Publications, Boca Raton, Florida, 2004, pp. 12-13.

82.E.3

Canti. Edited by Riccardo Pecci.
Carus Verlag, Stuttgart, 2010.
PN CV 05.301, p. 63.

82.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, p. 47.

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