{"product_id":"19696-donizetti-gaetano-1797-1848-we-will-speak-of-bergamo-love-patrimony-etc-autograph-letter-framed","title":"Donizetti, Gaetano. (1797–1848) \"We will speak of Bergamo...love, patrimony etc.\" -  Autograph Letter Framed","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter signed by the prolific Italian composer. 1 page, no place, no date (\"Martedi\"), probably Vienna, 15 March, 1843. On his embossed monogrammed personal stationary, \"GD,\" Donizetti writes to one Signor Berizzi, inviting him to lunch with him tomorrow with David and Salvi where \"we will speak of Bergamo...love, patrimony etc. if you can join us as I hope tomorrow Wednesday we will all meet at the Caffé Toroni at 5.\" Executed in black fountain pen ink, usual folds, possible repaired tear, light staining, letter measuring 7' x 5\", framed and matted with a period portrait engraving signed \"McMurphy\" to 13 x 17¾ (33.5 x 44.5 cm.) overall in fine speckled gilt wood frame. Unexamined out of frame but in apparently fine condition overall.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOur dating of the letter is based on a published letter from Donizetti to Simone Mayr, dated 15 March, 1843, in which he reports that the following day \"three patriots,\" including \"Signor Berizzi, tomorrow will eat with me...\" (\"Gaetano Donizetti e G. Simone Mayr: notizie e documenti,\" op. 90, ed. Federico Alborghetti, ‎Michelangelo Galli, 1875). The success of \u003cem\u003eLinda di Chamounix\u003c\/em\u003e in Vienna in May 1842 had earned him the appointment as Court Composer and \u003cem\u003eMaestro di Cappella e da Camera\u003c\/em\u003e in Vienna, beginning a period in which Donizetti travelled regularly between the court of Vienna and Paris, with its public theatres.  The following year was an important one, beginning in January 1843 with the staging at the \u003cem\u003eThéâtre Italien of \u003c\/em\u003ehis comic masterpiece \u003cem\u003eDon Pasquale\u003c\/em\u003e, then in June 1843 in Vienna \u003cem\u003eMaria di Rohan\u003c\/em\u003e, a contemporary drama featuring situation and characters, which vocally and theatrically has been seen as Verdi’s operas starting point. And again in Paris, a new premiere: \u003cem\u003eDom Sebastien\u003c\/em\u003e a monumental historical fresco marked by sophisticated instrumentation and surprisingly innovative melodies.  Also in 1843, Donizetti started showing the first symptoms of a terrible brain disease,  perhaps overlooked or misinterpreted at the beginning but almost certainly syphilis, which got rapidly and progressively worse, eventually leading to his death.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eMatteo Salvi\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e (1816 – 1887\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e) was a \u003c\/span\u003ecomposer\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e of \u003c\/span\u003eopera\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eclassical music\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and a theatre director. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eA student of \u003c\/span\u003eGaetano Donizetti\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, he is best known for having completed the score of Donizetti’s unfinished opera \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe duc d’Albe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e for its first public performance in 1882, some forty years after Donizetti’s death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093724450975,"sku":"19696","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/19696_Donizetti_ALS_Framed.jpg?v=1722189923","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/19696-donizetti-gaetano-1797-1848-we-will-speak-of-bergamo-love-patrimony-etc-autograph-letter-framed","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}