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MUSIC – GAETANO DONIZETTI Autograph letter signed ("il vostra Donizetti"), to his friend Gian Agostino Perotti, in Venice, recommending the bearer of the letter, the famous cellist Maximilian Bohrer ("celeberrimo Violoncell") [Paris], September 1839
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MUSIC – GAETANO DONIZETTI
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Donizetti was in Paris adapting Lucia di Lammermoor for performance at the Théâtre Renaissance, modifying Roberto Devereux for the Théâtre Italien, and working on other projects. The cellist Maximilian Bohrer, who according to Fétis had caused a sensation in Paris with his pure sound, perfect accuracy and technical skill; and in 1840-42 undertook an Italian tour. Donizetti's correspondent, Perotti, was Maestro di Cappela at St Mark's, where he promoted the use of female voices. A close friend of Donizetti's, he was dedicatee of Belisario, which had been premiered at the Fenice three years earlier.





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