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La Bohème set (1-5 samples):
- 007 - Act I - Mimi - Che sono?
- 008 - Act II - Musetta - Quando mein vo
- 009 - Act III - Rodolfo - La mia stanza
- 010 - Act IV - Schaudard et al - Mentra
incalza
- 011 - Act I - Schaunard - Affitto
- 012 - Act II - Street vender
- 013 - Quadro III - La barbiera d'enfer
- 014 - Act IV - The overcoat aria scene
Note: The earliest Hohenstein Bohème postcards
(1897) have undivided backs and are unnumbered. There were additional
printings of these cards. Cards printing around 1899 still are undivided but
have numbers on the address sides. Subsequent printings have divided backs
with numbers.
Mascagni's Iris (Hohenstein &
Mataloni designs)
The Hohenstein postcards can be found in two publishing
runs. The first runs had plain backs, and subsequent runs had divided backs
with the "Cartolina Postale" heading and with the publisher's name (G. Ricordi
& C., Milano). Now to add a bit of confusion to the matter, there is also an
Iris 6-card nouveau set published by Ricordi with artwork done by
another noted artist, Giovanni Mario Mataloni (1869-1944). The original
Mataloni set had plain backs as well. Both sets were originally published in
1898. The two sets were coordinated efforts,
so the collector should attempt to acquire all 12 cards, preferably of the
earlier runs.
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