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Lot 106

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

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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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") , who would like to give a concert and urging Perotti to listen to him perform before anyone else as he is extremely deserving, for which he, Donizetti, will be eternally grateful; and sending best wishes to Perotti's daughters and sons, and to Ciara; with integral address leaf and closure-seal in red wax, 1 page, traces of mounting on blank verso of address leaf, the latter torn at edge, 8vo, [Paris], September 1839

Footnotes

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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