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Metastasio, Pietro. [Trapassi, Pietro Antonio Domenico.] (1698-1782). Early Manuscript Copy of Letter. In an unidentified hand, a later copy of a letter, Brunelli no. 1682, which appeared for the first time in the 1795 publication of just the letters:
Opere postume del signor abate Pietro Metastasio. Date alla Luce dall'abate conte D'Ayala. 3 vols. A cura di Sebastiano Ayala. Vienna: Stamperia Alberti, 1795.
The letter is addressed to Domenico Diodati (1736-1801), one of the most eminent Neopolitan men of letters of the day and a regular correspondant with Metastasio. It is interesting to note that in two other Diodati letters, one dated 10 October 1768 (Brunelli 1712) and the other dated December 8, 1768 (Brunelli 1730), Metastasio makes clear that he is not at all happy about his letters being published. The present letter appears in the Metastasio Correspondence with the date of July 4, 1768 though this copy is dated July 17, 1768. However, it was not unusual to find date discrepancies in the editions of his letters, even dates that were off by several years. "Many of the letters in the large collection of Metastasio letters in the National Library in Vienna were collected by Giuseppe Martinez, son of Metastasio’s landlord in Vienna. It seems that Martinez copied drafts of Metastasio’s letters as exercises in the Italian language, thus giving rise to drafts, draft copies, originals, copies of originals and parts or incomplete sections of any of these. Brunelli comments on having to complete (by assembling from several sources) and revise much of the material he was able to gather both in Vienna and from many other locations, and by no means was all of it dated" (Communication from Donald Neville).
The present letter bears the watermark of "Bco. delle due Sicilie," suggesting that the copy was done in Naples, though whether it was one sent to Martinez or a later copy of another copy is impossible to say. At the top of the letter is written "Stampata," indicating that the letter was already published and no longer one of the "lettere inedite."
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Donald Neville and Dr. Denise P. Gallo in the cataloguing of this item.
Opere postume del signor abate Pietro Metastasio. Date alla Luce dall'abate conte D'Ayala. 3 vols. A cura di Sebastiano Ayala. Vienna: Stamperia Alberti, 1795.
The letter is addressed to Domenico Diodati (1736-1801), one of the most eminent Neopolitan men of letters of the day and a regular correspondant with Metastasio. It is interesting to note that in two other Diodati letters, one dated 10 October 1768 (Brunelli 1712) and the other dated December 8, 1768 (Brunelli 1730), Metastasio makes clear that he is not at all happy about his letters being published. The present letter appears in the Metastasio Correspondence with the date of July 4, 1768 though this copy is dated July 17, 1768. However, it was not unusual to find date discrepancies in the editions of his letters, even dates that were off by several years. "Many of the letters in the large collection of Metastasio letters in the National Library in Vienna were collected by Giuseppe Martinez, son of Metastasio’s landlord in Vienna. It seems that Martinez copied drafts of Metastasio’s letters as exercises in the Italian language, thus giving rise to drafts, draft copies, originals, copies of originals and parts or incomplete sections of any of these. Brunelli comments on having to complete (by assembling from several sources) and revise much of the material he was able to gather both in Vienna and from many other locations, and by no means was all of it dated" (Communication from Donald Neville).
The present letter bears the watermark of "Bco. delle due Sicilie," suggesting that the copy was done in Naples, though whether it was one sent to Martinez or a later copy of another copy is impossible to say. At the top of the letter is written "Stampata," indicating that the letter was already published and no longer one of the "lettere inedite."
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Donald Neville and Dr. Denise P. Gallo in the cataloguing of this item.
Metastasio, Pietro. [Trapassi, Pietro Antonio Domenico.] (1698-1782). Early Manuscript Copy of Letter. In an unidentified hand, a later copy of a letter, Brunelli no. 1682, which appeared for the first time in the 1795 publication of just the letters:
Opere postume del signor abate Pietro Metastasio. Date alla Luce dall'abate conte D'Ayala. 3 vols. A cura di Sebastiano Ayala. Vienna: Stamperia Alberti, 1795.
The letter is addressed to Domenico Diodati (1736-1801), one of the most eminent Neopolitan men of letters of the day and a regular correspondant with Metastasio. It is interesting to note that in two other Diodati letters, one dated 10 October 1768 (Brunelli 1712) and the other dated December 8, 1768 (Brunelli 1730), Metastasio makes clear that he is not at all happy about his letters being published. The present letter appears in the Metastasio Correspondence with the date of July 4, 1768 though this copy is dated July 17, 1768. However, it was not unusual to find date discrepancies in the editions of his letters, even dates that were off by several years. "Many of the letters in the large collection of Metastasio letters in the National Library in Vienna were collected by Giuseppe Martinez, son of Metastasio’s landlord in Vienna. It seems that Martinez copied drafts of Metastasio’s letters as exercises in the Italian language, thus giving rise to drafts, draft copies, originals, copies of originals and parts or incomplete sections of any of these. Brunelli comments on having to complete (by assembling from several sources) and revise much of the material he was able to gather both in Vienna and from many other locations, and by no means was all of it dated" (Communication from Donald Neville).
The present letter bears the watermark of "Bco. delle due Sicilie," suggesting that the copy was done in Naples, though whether it was one sent to Martinez or a later copy of another copy is impossible to say. At the top of the letter is written "Stampata," indicating that the letter was already published and no longer one of the "lettere inedite."
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Donald Neville and Dr. Denise P. Gallo in the cataloguing of this item.
Opere postume del signor abate Pietro Metastasio. Date alla Luce dall'abate conte D'Ayala. 3 vols. A cura di Sebastiano Ayala. Vienna: Stamperia Alberti, 1795.
The letter is addressed to Domenico Diodati (1736-1801), one of the most eminent Neopolitan men of letters of the day and a regular correspondant with Metastasio. It is interesting to note that in two other Diodati letters, one dated 10 October 1768 (Brunelli 1712) and the other dated December 8, 1768 (Brunelli 1730), Metastasio makes clear that he is not at all happy about his letters being published. The present letter appears in the Metastasio Correspondence with the date of July 4, 1768 though this copy is dated July 17, 1768. However, it was not unusual to find date discrepancies in the editions of his letters, even dates that were off by several years. "Many of the letters in the large collection of Metastasio letters in the National Library in Vienna were collected by Giuseppe Martinez, son of Metastasio’s landlord in Vienna. It seems that Martinez copied drafts of Metastasio’s letters as exercises in the Italian language, thus giving rise to drafts, draft copies, originals, copies of originals and parts or incomplete sections of any of these. Brunelli comments on having to complete (by assembling from several sources) and revise much of the material he was able to gather both in Vienna and from many other locations, and by no means was all of it dated" (Communication from Donald Neville).
The present letter bears the watermark of "Bco. delle due Sicilie," suggesting that the copy was done in Naples, though whether it was one sent to Martinez or a later copy of another copy is impossible to say. At the top of the letter is written "Stampata," indicating that the letter was already published and no longer one of the "lettere inedite."
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Donald Neville and Dr. Denise P. Gallo in the cataloguing of this item.