Illustrated Chant Sheet in Vellum Autographs Singers 50 or less F minor silvering over the left

minor silvering over the left border

Signed photo of the Italian baritone (1918-2006) as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca

a few theatrical works

or identified on the back

considered the leading Tristan and Siegfried of the first decade following World War II

Illustrated Chant Sheet in Vellum Autographs Singers 50 or less F minor silvering over the leftA nicely illuminated page from a 14th century gradual, a book of chants for the mass. Red, blue, and black ink on vellum, using five line staves. Size is 9. 75 x 13. 75 inches, some stains, in overall very good condition. From the very end of the Proper of the Saints, beginning with lines from the end of the mass of St. Cecilia (Nov. 22) and continuing with the feast of Pope St. Clemennt (Nov. 23), Introit (with decorated letter) "Dicit dominus