Theresa & Maria Milanollo.
C.W. Menau Co. Prag. [n.d. 1843.] Engraving 185 x 235mm. The sisters Teresa (1827-1904) and Maria (1832-1848) Milanollo, famous violinists from Savigliano. They came to England in 1845 in the course of an extensive European tour. Harvard 203.
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Theresa Milanollo.
M. Adolphe. Imp d'Aubert & C.ie [n.d. 1844.] Engraving 185 x 235mm, large margins. Slightly foxed. Teresa Milanollo (1827-1904) as a teenager, holding a violin. She and her sister Maria (1832-1848) were child prodigy violinists from Savigliano. They came to England in 1845 in the course of an extensive European tour, after which a piece of music they played ('Milanollo' by German composer Johann Valentin Hamm) was adopted as a regimental march by both the Coldstream Guards and Life Guards.
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