Poem "un canto para Bolivar" by Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda and musical autograph by the brilliant pianist Arthur Rubinstein.
A. Handwritten text by Pablo Neruda, the second stanza of his poem "A Song for Bolivar".
- A 1/2 rectangular sheet.
- In Spanish.
- 19 cm x 12.5.
- New York, 1943.
- With some minor wear around the edges.
- Clear writing and in very good condition of conservation.
- Unique piece.
Your little corpse, brave captain,
was what extended the metallic form into the immense,
soon your fingers will come out of the snow
and the southern fisherman brings to light in a moment
your smile, your voice that beats in networks.
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) wrote "A Song for Bolivar" to commemorate the anniversary of the death of South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar. He read the poem at the University of Mexico during the 111th anniversary of Bolivar's death. Politicized in war-torn Europe, Neruda found that America could become the focus of his poems. Our verse was written during Pablo Neruda's visit to New York in 1943, when he attended a meeting of the Pan-American organization "Voz de Las Americas."
B. On the reverse side of the page, there is a musical autograph signed by Polish-American pianist Arthur Rubinstein of the Polish national anthem, Mazurek Dąbrowskiego.
Polish Anthem, Arthur Rubinstein, Santiago, 18.2.37
Arthur Rubinstein (1887 - 1982) criticized the UN in its founding year, 1945, for not including a Polish delegation in its opening ceremony. He voiced his criticism by playing a thunderous version of Mazurek Dąbrowskiego or "Poland Is Not Yet Lost", which had been Poland's national anthem since 1926.
This engaged document, Neruda and Rubinstein together, was part of an autograph album kept by a great New York collector.
