Spartito Antico: Un Carnaval A Napoli Di M. Strakosch (1850 Ca.)

M. Strakosch Un carnaval a Napoli *Deux polkas* *Composees pour piano* *par* **M. Strakosch** *....* Napoli, Girard e C., s.d. (circa metà '800 ?) Cm. 35x25; pp.4 ; senza legatura. Interessante edizione antica e d'epoca, raro spartito musicale, pubblicazione contenente la musica a stampa calcografica del noto compositore musicista americano (ma originario della Cecoslovacchia) Maurice Strakosch, *probabilmente composizione eseguita durante un suo concerto a Napoli.* Di interesse musicale, storico-locale, collezionistico, bibliografico *rara edizione, attualmente **nessun esemplare noto** nel sistema bibliotecario nazionale italiano* Discreta conservazione generale, segni e difetti d'uso e d'epoca, sparse fioriture e piegature e sgualciture e segni d'uso e difetti vari marginali, dorso rotto o slegato (spartito in origine rilegato in una miscellanea) a fogli sciolti e pertanto pubblicazione meritevole di rilegatura; tutte le pagine con la musica mostrano i segni dell'impronta calcografica, essendo musica incisa così come era in uso in antico. *(le immagini allegate raffigurano particolari dell'intera pubblicazione, ossia un particolare della prima pagina, eventuali ulteriori informazioni a richiesta)* *####* * **Maurice Strakosch** (probably 15 January 1825 – 9 October 1887) was an American musician and impresario of Czech origin. Strakosch was born in [Gross-Seelowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDidlochovice "Židlochovice") (today Židlochovice), [Moravia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravia "Moravia"). He made his debut as a pianist at the age of 11 in [Brno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brno "Brno") performing a piano concerto by [Hummel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nepomuk_Hummel "Johann Nepomuk Hummel"). Because his parents weren't satisfied with his career choice, he ran away to Vienna at the age of twelve, where he studied under [Simon Sechter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Sechter "Simon Sechter"). He also studied singing under [Giuditta Pasta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuditta_Pasta "Giuditta Pasta") for some time. In 1843, he met tenor [Salvatore Patti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore_Patti&action=edit&redlink=1 "Salvatore Patti (page does not exist)") (1800–1869) at a music festival in [Vicenza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicenza "Vicenza"). Five years latter, he was tour manager of Patti group in New York. These performances started his successful career as a manager in the [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") and his long-standing friendship with the Patti family. In 1852, Strakosch married Patti's daughter [Amalia Patti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amalia_Patti&action=edit&redlink=1 "Amalia Patti (page does not exist)"). He was also the first manager of the youngest and most successful daughters of Patti, [Adelina Patti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelina_Patti "Adelina Patti"), from her first debut in 1859 until their marriage in 1868. It is believed that Strakosch was her most important teacher. Besides the Pattis, he and his brother Max (born in [Brunn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunn "Brunn"), Moravia, 27 September 1835; died in New York City, 17 March 1892) worked as impresario with [Teresa Parodi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Parodi "Teresa Parodi"), [Christine Nilsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Nilsson "Christine Nilsson"), [Marie Heilbronn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Heilbronn "Marie Heilbronn"), [Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrosyne_Parepa-Rosa "Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa"), [Carlotta Patti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlotta_Patti "Carlotta Patti"), [Karl Formes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Formes "Karl Formes"), [Pasquale Brignoli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Brignoli "Pasquale Brignoli"), [Italo Campanini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Campanini "Italo Campanini"), [Pauline Lucca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Lucca "Pauline Lucca"), [Thérèse Tietjens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Tietjens "Thérèse Tietjens"), [Louis M. Gottschalk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_M._Gottschalk "Louis M. Gottschalk"), [Marie Roze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Roze "Marie Roze") and [Marietta Alboni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_Alboni "Marietta Alboni"). Strakosch occasionally performed as a pianist, e.g. he played duet with [Ole Bull](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Bull "Ole Bull") during his tour in America. In 1857, his opera *Don Giovanni of Naples* (Don Giovanni di Napoli) was performed in New York. His compositions for the piano were at one time very popular, and among them the music of one of [Bayard Taylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Taylor "Bayard Taylor")'s songs. In 1886, he published a memoir book *Souvenirs d'un impresario* (Souvenirs of an Impresario). Strakosch died in [Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris "Paris") in 1887. (dal web, wikipedia) *