{"product_id":"15756-cimarosa-domenico-autograph-musical-fragment","title":"Cimarosa, Domenico.  (1749–1801) Autograph Musical Fragment","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph musical fragment from the Italian composer known for his more than 80 operas, including \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eIl matrimonio segreto. \u003c\/i\u003e14 measures of music for three unidentified instrumental voices (likely two violins and viola), penned over 2 pp. on recto and verso of a leaf with ten hand-drawn staves.  Light toning and foxing; overall fine. 11.25 x 8.5 inches (28.3 x 21.4 cm).\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"Cimarosa’s reputation in his last years, and during the early part of the 19th century, was unparalleled in Italian opera until Rossini. His facility at writing music resulted in the creation of almost 60 stage works, most of which were comic pieces. His operas were performed on all the major European stages, including Prague, Copenhagen, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Hamburg, London and Berlin... Cimarosa’s harmonic vocabulary is diatonic and unadventurous; the strength of his music lies in the richness of his melodic invention, the brilliance and energy of his rhythmic and melodic motifs and his constantly lively accompaniments. He expanded the parameters of opera buffa by creating a genre permeated with sentiment, simplicity, elegance and delicacy. The freshness and vigour of his music was unmatched by his Italian contemporaries.\" (Jennifer E. Johnson and Gordana Lazarevich, New Grove Online.)\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093595213983,"sku":"15756","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Cimarosa_MS_Frag_15756_01.jpg?v=1722189072","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/15756-cimarosa-domenico-autograph-musical-fragment","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}