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FRAMED AUTOGRAPHED AFFIDAVIT BY GAETANO DONIZETTI 1842
FRAMED AUTOGRAPHED AFFIDAVIT BY GAETANO DONIZETTI 1842

FRAMED AUTOGRAPHED AFFIDAVIT BY GAETANO DONIZETTI 1842

$ 1029.59

Availability: 42 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
  • Industry: Music
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED BY B. ALTMAN AUTOGRAPH DEPT IN NEW YORK IN THE 1980s

    Description

    BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED (12"X17") AUTOGRAPHED AFFIDAVIT BY
    GAETANO DONIZETTI
    , SIGNED 5 SEPTEMBER 1842 IN NAPLES, ITALY. THE IMAGE OF THE COMPOSER IN THE FRAME IS MOST LIKELY A MODERN ISSUE. (THE REFLECTIONS SEEN IN THE IMAGES ARE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER, NOT IN THE ITEMS).
    THE AFFIDAVIT READS AS FOLLOWS (TRANSLATION INCLUDED):
    I, HEREBY, AUTHORISE MR. NICELA, PRINTER, TO PUBLISH IN THE KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES, THE ARIA FROM
    "L'ELISIR D'AMORE"
    , WHICH I COMPOSED, FOR
    MADAME TADELINI
    . HOWEVER, I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THIS ARIA PUBLISHED IN OTHER ITALIAN REGIONS AS WELL AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES.
    SWORN TO BY:             DONIZETTI
    NAPLES, SEPT 5, 1842
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