Cinquantenario della "Cavalleria rusticana" di Pietro Mascagni, MDCCCXC-MCMXL : le lettere ai librettisti durante la creazione del capolavoro (inedite) / [compilazione per Giovanni Cenzato].

Contains letters from the composer to Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (and others), some reproduced in facsimile; a facsimile of the autograph manuscript of the piano score of the Intermezzo from the opera; a report on the proceedings of the 1888 Concorso Sonzogno, the competition for one-act operas in which Cavalleria eventually took first place; and other material about the opera.
Facsims. of two letters inserted.
"Questo libro ... ": p. [1]; reproduction of a photograph of Mascagni: p. [2]; t.p.: p. [3]; "Proprietà artistica e letteraria riservata": p. [4]; note by Carlo Ravasio beginning "I cinquant'anni di 'Cavalleria rusticana' ... ": p. [5]; reproduction of 4 medals: p. [9]; text: p. [1]-59.