Composer (1797–1848), born in Bergamo, Italy. AMQS on a 12.5 x 8.5 off-white musically-lined sheet. Donizetti pens 21 bars of music from an unidentified work on one side, and fills the reverse with an additional 35 bars of a work in progress, making a couple of notations to top border. Signed vertically along the right border, “Mi nomi Donizetti.” Double-matted and framed (so both sides can be viewed) and a portrait to an overall size of 24.5 x 15. Intersecting folds, and some scattered stray ink marks and creases, otherwise fine condition. Donizetti studied music at Bergamo and Bologna, and produced his first opera in 1818 at Venice. The work which carried his fame beyond Italy was Anna Bolena (1830), and he had several other successes, notably Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). Stricken by paralysis, he became mentally ill. RR Auction COA.
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