Music manuscript leaf 1838.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.

Contributor:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts--Music.

Manuscripts.

Operas--Early works to 1800.

Operas.

Genre:

Autographs.

Operas.

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, European.

Music.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2015.

Physical Description:

1 leaf

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 22 Folder 14

Place of Publication:

1838.

Biography/History:

Italian composer and one of the major contributors to the bel canto opera style. He wrote approximately 70 operas during his lifetime which were typically well-received by the public, but less so by critics. He also wrote many orchestral, chamber, and sacred pieces. He was born in Bergamo in Lombardy and spent much of his life living and composing in Naples, but also spent several years in Paris as well as some time in Rome and Vienna. His later years were marked by physical and mental illness that limited his ability to compose and he eventually died of complications from spino-cerebral syphilis.

Summary:

Autographed musical quotation of two different works by Gaetano Donizetti that is signed and dated Naples 13-14 June 1838. The first excerpt is two lines of music from the lyric tragedy "Roberto Devereaux" which was first performed in Naples at the Teatro di San Carlo on 29 October 1837 and gained enough popularity in the 19th century for it to be performed in a number of European cities such as Paris and London. The second excerpt is three bars of music from a chamber song with accompanying lyrics from Canto V of Dante's "Inferno": "Amor, ch'a nullo amato amar perdona". The melody of this excerpt appears to be different from that of the complete version of the song, the original manuscript of which is housed in Bergamo, Italy, Donizetti's birthplace. A slightly worn glossy print of a lithograph portrait of Donizetti by Josef Kriehuber accompanies the manuscript.

OCLC:

927169204