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Updated: May 1, 2025

Four months was the time which he usually devoted to the composition of an opera, but he wrote "La Traviata" within four weeks, and much of the music was composed concurrently with that of "Il Trovatore." This is proved by the autograph, owned by his publishers, the Ricordis, and there is evidence of the association in fraternity of phrase in some of the uninteresting pages of the score.

Henry Edward Krehbiel - A Book of Operas : Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music