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Albi Rosenthal collection of letters between composers and music publishers, 1704-1966.

Title: Albi Rosenthal collection of letters between composers and music publishers, 1704-1966.

Collection of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century autograph manuscript letters between composers and music publishers, collected by music antiquarian Albi Rosenthal from the early 1970s through about 2002.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear feet)

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Florimo, Francesco, 1800-1888. Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 18 July 1835, to Vincent [i.e. Vincenzo] Bellini in Puteaux, 1835 July 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 18 July 1835, to Vincent [i.e. Vincenzo] Bellini in Puteaux, 1835 July 18.

Saying he has received from Turin the scores of Bellini's Beatrice [di Tenda] and Puritani, that Coccia's Marfa at the San Carlo was a "fiaschissimo tutto nuovo," whistled at from beginning to end, and that [I due furbi by] Cordella suffered a similar fiasco at the Teatro Nuovo, asking if he has arranged with Scribe to write a libretto for him, saying of Staffa's Matrimonio per raggione [sic] that the music is "tutto triviale," lacking any novelty, mentioning the debut of Mme Beltrand in [Rossini's] Semiramide to only moderate applause--Mercadante says that she sang "un poco troppo francese," [Mrs. Francesco] Pollini, Zingarelli, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270577433 View

Memorial Library of Music collection

Title: Memorial Library of Music collection

This library is a collection of musical manuscripts and of printed and engraved scores inscribed by great composers, and constitutes a unique addition to Stanford's educational and cultural resources.

ArchivalResource: ca. 27 linear ft.

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Hiller, Ferdinand, 1811-1885. Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Como, Tavernola, 5 August 1840, and Florence, 3 May 1841, to Fr[iedrich] Kistner in Leipzig, 1840 Aug. 5.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Como, Tavernola, 5 August 1840, and Florence, 3 May 1841, to Fr[iedrich] Kistner in Leipzig, 1840 Aug. 5.

Concerning [in 1840] the piano-vocal score of [Die Zerstörung Jerusalems], asking him to send copies of it and the choral parts to Steinheim in Altona, to his brother Joseph Hiller in Frankfurt am Main, and three to Hiller himself so he may send a dedication copy to Mendelssohn, saying that he hears the most extraordinary things about Mendelssohn's new work, mentioning [Ferdinand] David, [Heinrich Conrad] Schleinitz, [Otto] Nicolai's Templario (which will be given at La Scala on the 15th), Max Bohrer, [Theodor] Döhler, Soldini, etc.; and asking [in 1841] Kistner to send to [Francesco] Florimo, the librarian at the Florence conservatory, a list, with prices, of the most important scores of Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Mendelssohn published by Kistner, and saying that Steinheim does not wish to claim authorship [of the libretto of [Die Zerstörung Jerusalems] and asking if Kistner can remove his name from the title pages of the full and piano-vocal scores.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (7 p., with 2 integral address leaves; docketed) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270899980 View

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, to Francesco Florimo, 1831 Sept. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, to Francesco Florimo, 1831 Sept. 24.

Mainly concerning a projected new opera for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and mentioning the cholera in Venice.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270672179 View

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, to Vincent Ferliti [i.e. Vincenzo Ferlito], 1832 Apr. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, to Vincent Ferliti [i.e. Vincenzo Ferlito], 1832 Apr. 28.

Saying that to his surprise a Venetian impresario has now offered a total of 12,000 francs, sending greetings to family and friends and from [Francesco] Florimo, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270672177 View

Florimo, Francesco, 1800-1888. Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Naples?], 18 October 1880, to [A. Prestreau?], 1880 Oct. 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Naples?], 18 October 1880, to [A. Prestreau?], 1880 Oct. 18.

Saying that since he found him, so to speak, with his fingers in the pie, he could give him the same news about the Teatro Sanazzaro [in Naples] that he has at home and under his immediate management, adding that the story has not been invented or contrived and that it is therefore necessary to tell the truth exactly and to look for it where it can be found; [the meaning of this letter is not clear, at least to one cataloguer].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270577439 View

Vol. III, ff. 38.includes:f. 1 Nicolò Zingarelli, composer: Setting of stanzas from Tasso's " La Gerusalemme Liberata": 19th cent.f. 1 Torquato Tasso, poet: Musical setting, by N. A. Zingarelli, of stanzas from " La Gerusalemme Liberata," Canto X...

Title: Vol. III, ff. 38.includes:f. 1 Nicolò Zingarelli, composer: Setting of stanzas from Tasso's " La Gerusalemme Liberata": 19th cent.f. 1 Torquato Tasso, poet: Musical setting, by N. A. Zingarelli, of stanzas from " La Gerusalemme Liberata," Canto X... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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