Believe it or not, there is s portrait even worse on one of the coins shown in the 1963 Livorno book! Mascagni looks like coming straight from hell on that one ;-)
Note that the hair style is typical from his last years (I can't put my finger on the exact dates, but that's probaly in the 20's or later). -Erik John Mucci wrote: > Well! You are right, that is the image they took for the postage stamp. All > in all, I am sure they thought they were doing a correct hommage to > Mascagni, but ye gods and little fishes, it is about the worst likeness you > can imagine. It looks like the poor fellow was assaulted by photographers > when he got up in the morning and was turning to open a window. > > JM -- Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
