The  obliging  aid  of  Signor  Muzio  was  far  too
useful  for  me  not  to  profit  by  it  largely  ;   I  have

Giiise;ppe  Verdi ;  a  short  account  by  Signor  Ghislanzoni,  La
Casa  di  Verdi  a  Sanf  -Agata  (in  a  little  volume  entitled
Reniiniscenze  Artistic  he)  ;  some  notes  from  another  work  of
the  same  writer,  GliArtisti  daTeatro  ;  and  especially  a  series
of  articles  full  of  interest  published  about  Verdi  in  an  Italian
journal  at  Nice,  //  Pensiero  di  Nizza.  The  articles,  the
author  of  which,  Signor  Ercole  Cavalli,  was  born  at  Busseto,
in  the  country  where  the  master  passed  his  childhood  and
youth,  appeared  in  the  numbers  of  the  Pensiero  of  December
29th,  30th,  and  31st,  1876,  and  January  4th,  1877."


VIU  PREFACE.
not  failed  to  do  so,  and  I  now  thank  him  warmly
for  it.
