Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 8.5 x 5.5 album page, prominently signed below, "Giacomo Puccini, Milano, 10.8.97." Puccini pens a bar of music and lyrics to 'Mimi's Aria' from La Boheme, making a joke that it is not Mimi Pinson, a reference to the popular short story by Alfred de Musset. In fine condition, with faint foxing and toning. Based on a story by French writer Henri Murger set in 1840s Paris, La Boheme was Puccini's first major success and arguably his greatest work. After its 1896 debut in Turin, the piece was quickly adopted into the international repertory. A supremely desirable example from the renowned opera composer, dating to just a year after the premiere of La Boheme.Format: AMQS