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Meyerbeer, Giacomo CELEBRATED AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G. MEYERBEER"), TO ROSSINI ("DIVINO MAESTRO!"), ABOUT THE "PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE", 15 MARCH 1864 in Italian, thanking him profusely for the pleasure of a second hearing of his latest creation [the Petite messe solennelle], asking the heavens to preserve him till he is a hundred so that he might bring forth similar masterpieces, and requesting that he be granted a similar lifespan in order to be able to experience the latest signs of his immortal genius ("...Che il cielo vi conserva fino a cento anni, per procreare ancora qualche altri Capi d'Opere simile...") 1 page, 8vo (21 x 13.4cm), integral blank, embossed with Meyerbeer's monogram, with an autograph envelope ("Giove - Rossini Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin Meyerbeer") Paris, 15 March 1864, some light creasing