Vittorio Rieti - La Douce France - 1930s

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La Douce France - A.P.S. is a Autograph Greeting Postcard Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. … Read more La Douce France - A.P.S. is a Autograph Greeting Postcard Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Cote d'Azur, France, Around 1930's. In Italian. Excellent condition. Collect this unique piece of the Italian-American composer to his mentor and patron of arts, the Countess Pecci-Blunt! Vittorio Rieti (Alessandria d'Egitto, 1898 – New York, 1994) Vittorio Rieti was a Jewish-Italian-American composer, best-known for his tonal and neo-classical music. Firstly he moved to Rome under the teaching of Respighi and Casella, and lived there until 1940.In 1925, he temporarily moved to Paris and composed music for George Balanchine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Barabau. In 1940 Rieti emigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalized American citizen on the 1st of June 1944. He taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore (1948–49), Chicago Musical College (1950–54), Queens College, New York (1958–60), and New York College of Music (1960–64). This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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