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Spontini, Gaspare. (1774-1851). Autograph Letter . An interesting letter from the celebrated composer, mentioning his most famous opera, La Vestale. 5 March, 1831. One double-sheet page, with integral address leaf. Addressed to his editor Adolf Schlesinger, signed at the conclusion and on the address leaf. In French, in part: "You asked me for La Vestale, and I'm hurrying to get it to you. You asked Mad. Spontini to send to Berlin my last copies of the Romances, and I now have none left to gift to my friend Bujac and to my poets; consequentially, I need to ask you the favor of sending me another 4 copies of the Album, and also 6 copies of each of my four Romances; on my trip, various friends will enjoy getting to know them."

La Vestale (The Vestal Virgin) was composed by Spontini to a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy. Written with the encouragement of Empress Joséphine, its premiere at the Opéra in Paris on December 15, 1807 established Spontini as one of the greatest Italian composers of his age. His contemporaries Cherubini and Meyerbeer considered it a masterpiece, and it was admired greatly by Berlioz and Wagner.

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Spontini, Gaspare. (1774-1851). Autograph Letter . An interesting letter from the celebrated composer, mentioning his most famous opera, La Vestale. 5 March, 1831. One double-sheet page, with integral address leaf. Addressed to his editor Adolf Schlesinger, signed at the conclusion and on the address leaf. In French, in part: "You asked me for La Vestale, and I'm hurrying to get it to you. You asked Mad. Spontini to send to Berlin my last copies of the Romances, and I now have none left to gift to my friend Bujac and to my poets; consequentially, I need to ask you the favor of sending me another 4 copies of the Album, and also 6 copies of each of my four Romances; on my trip, various friends will enjoy getting to know them."

La Vestale (The Vestal Virgin) was composed by Spontini to a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy. Written with the encouragement of Empress Joséphine, its premiere at the Opéra in Paris on December 15, 1807 established Spontini as one of the greatest Italian composers of his age. His contemporaries Cherubini and Meyerbeer considered it a masterpiece, and it was admired greatly by Berlioz and Wagner.