Zinaida Alexsandrovna Volkonskaia collection of music manuscripts, ca. 1807-1847 and undated.

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Zinaida Alexsandrovna Volkonskaia collection of music manuscripts, ca. 1807-1847 and undated.

Personal collection of music of the Russian princess and amateur singer, containing full and vocal scores of entire operas, of arias and duets, and music albums of the Volkonsky family.

4 boxes and 15 volumes (3.2 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383298

Houghton Library

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Vaccai, Nicola, 1790-1848

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Italian composer. From the description of "Originale Niccola Vaccaj." : autograph manuscript. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270570050 Italian composer and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Pesaro, 4 May 1846, to Maestro Vecchiotti at the Basilica in Loreto, 1846 May 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677874 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 8 August 1833, to G[aetano] Rossi, 1833 Aug. 8. (...

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Päer, Ferdinando, 1771-1839

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From the opera first performed Vienna, 18 December 1800. German version: Der lustige Schuster.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture to the opera Der lustige Schuster / F. Baer [sic]. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53081483 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 4 February 1835, to M. [Edouard] Robert at the Théâtre des Italiens, 1835 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Gaetano Rosati

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Rastrelli

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Weigl, Joseph, 1766-1846

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000019 Austrian composer and conductor. From the description of Printed letter signed, with an autograph postscript signed, dated : Vienna, 26 October 1809, to Hofgerichts Rath Kirmes in Weimar, 1809 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679084 ...

Niccolo Piccinni

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Pavesi, Stefano, 1779-1850

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Toller, Ernst, 1820-1897

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Henri Berton

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Archivio di Musica di Gio: Batta: Concetti

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Mosca, Giuseppe, 1772-1839

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Gio: Batto: Cencetti

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Caros, ...

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Micheroux, Alessandro, d. 1846

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Righini, Vincenzo, 1756-1812

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Italian composer, singing teacher, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 9 July 1803, to Simrock in Bonn, 1803 July 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676145 From the description of Document signed, dated : Berlin, 7 June 1797, 1797 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676150 ...

Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro, 1728-1804

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Libretto by Sografi; first performed in Naples at the Teatro di S Carlo, 22 June 1796. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Nella Cleopatra, Senza il caro amato bene : Rec'vo e rondo con coro del Sig're D. Pietro Guglielmi manuscript, [between 1796 and 1815]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 259948540 ...

Fioravanti, Valentino

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0002d8 Libretto by Tottola, after Gualzetti; first performed in Naples at the Fiorentini, Lent 1817. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of La morte d'Adelajde : duetto Ah non è ver giurai, del Sigr. Valentino Fioravanti : manuscript, [184-?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612252593 Italian composer. From the des...

Volkonskai︠a︡, Zinaida Aleksandrovna, kni︠a︡gini︠a︡, 1792-1862

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Volkonskaia was a Russian princess and author, as well as an amateur singer who collected contemporary vocal compositions. Her birth date is most likey 1789 and not 1792. From the guide to the Papers, 1809-1879., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The Russian princess, Zinaida Volkonskaia, moved in political, literary, and musical circles during the first half of the 19th century, and counted among her close friends Alexander I, emperor of Russia...

Perucchini, Giovanni Battista, 1784-1870

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B. N. S., compiler.

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Sor, Fernando, 1778-1839

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Rome.

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Romagnesi, Jean-Antoine, 1690-1742

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Szimanovska.

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Gail

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Vlasova, Maria Aleksandrovna (Beloselskaia-Belozerskaia), 1787-

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Korsakoff

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Henri Herz

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Marcello, Benedetto

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Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From the guide to the Robert Russell Bennett papers, 1911-1981, (Music Library) This transcription 1938. First performance Philadelphia, 16 November 1938, Philadelphia Civic Symphony Orchestra, J.W.F. Leman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata in C minor / Benedetto Marcello ; arranged for string orchestra by Bernard Morgan. c1971. (Franklin & Marshall...

Aimon, Léopold, 1779-1866

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Andréau

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Rubbi

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Velluti (famiglia)

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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, 1714-1787

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From the opera in 2 acts with libretto by Marco Coltellini after a play by Carlo Sigismondo Capece. First performance Burg Theater, Vienna, 30 January 1765. This work was later used as the Overture to Armide (callno.: 4406).--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture : Il Telemaco osia [sic] L'isola di Circe / Gluck. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49863952 18th century German opera composer. From the description of ...

Russa

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Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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The Serenade from which this movement is taken originally composed for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, 1781; second version, with the addition of 2 oboes, in 1782 (see callno.: 2329). This transcription 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Adagio, K. V. 375 / Mozart ; transcribed by Zoltán Fekete. [c1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42631243 Composed originally for solo piano, 1788. This transcription 1986.--Cf. Fleisher C...

Mumoba

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Moscheles, Ignaz, 1794-1870

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Printed before 1826.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto no. 2 in E♭ für pianoforte, op. 56 / Moscheles. [18--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42677061 German pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Leipzig ; and Belgrade, to Arthur Sullivan, 1864 Mar. 26 to 1869 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125351 German pianist. From the description of [Allegro spir...

Henriette Valentini, 1795-1857

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Ronconi, Domenico

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Gioacchino Rossini

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Cimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801

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From L'olimpiade, libretto by Metastasio; first performed in Vicenza for the inauguration of the Eretenio Theatre, 10 July 1784. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Aria nel Sig'r Cimarosa : Se cerca se dice : manuscript, [between 1784 and 1815] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 259948545 Italian composer. From the description of Questo soave affetto che voi chiamate amore. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562313 From the description of Messa...

Anfossi, Pasquale, 1727-1797

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Natalia Beloselsky

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Galitzin, Léon

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Gerard

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Epithet: Knight Templar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x0000e9 notaire royal de Chaillot, faubourg de la conférence Information extraite de la notice des Archives nationals de France (FRAN_NP_011881)Epithet: Abbé, Pastor of Nazareth Priory at Bruges British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x0000e7 ...

Gran Teatro la Fenice

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Zamboni, Giacomo

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Nicolini, Giuseppe, 1762-1842

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Johann Strauss

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Domenico Crivelli

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Mercadante, Saverio, 1795-1870

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000141 Composed for first performance at Naples, 3, 6 and 8 April 1843.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture on motifs of G. Rossini's Stabat Mater / Saverio Mercadante. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52973362 Italian composer and teacher. From the description of Autog...

Plaschuff

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Cecchini, Giuseppe

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Vlasova, Maria

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Jacques Aubert

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Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842

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Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was an Italian composer and music instructor. He was a child music prodigy who went on to write many popular operas as an adult. He moved to France in 1785, where he continued to live and work, successfully surviving the tumultuous regime changes of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. After the end of the eighteenth century, Cherubini's operatic work was less successful and so he began composing church music. In 1822, he became director of the prestigious Conser...

Gran Teatro della Fenice

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Lorenzani

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Giovanni Ricordi

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Michele Carafa

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Amadée de Beauplan

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Copisteria e Magazzino di Musica

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Severio Mercadante

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Titov

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Paisiello, Giovanni

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Libretto by the Duke of San Angelo Morbilli; first performed in Rome at the Argentina, carn. 1776. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Sò che frà poco indegno : manuscript, [178-?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612843217 Libretto by Metastasio; first performed in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo, 12 January 1785. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Nell'Antigono S. Carlo Rec.vo [i.e. Recititativo] con duetto Non temer non sono amante : musica del si...

Ferdinand Ries, 1784-1838

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Karbowski

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Nikita Grigoreivich Volkonsky

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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädt...

Giovanni Battista Velutti

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Paini, Ferdinando, fl. 1820

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Bouilly, Jean-Nicolas, 1763-1842

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000389.0x0000ce ...

Dumouchel, L. D. F.

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Zingarelli, Niccolò Antonio, 1752-1837

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000257 Italian composer. From the description of [Works, vocal. Selections.] : autograph manuscript. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571409 Italian composer and teacher. From the description of Autograph document signed, dated : Naples, 26 November 1832, 1832 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679487 F...

Felice Blangini

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Maria Aleksandrowna Vlasova

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Giulio Cesare Martorelli

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Rynkiewicz

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Charlotte Stevens

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Schultz, Claire K.

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Information retrieval systems expert and information science professor. From the description of Claire K. Schultz papers, ca. 1948-1980. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685522 Claire K. Schultz was a leading figure in the development of automated information retrieval systems in the mid-to-late twentieth century. She became acquainted with automated information retrieval as librarian for Merck, Sharp and Dome between 1949 and 1957. ...

Romberg, Heinrich, 1802-1859

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Boieldieu, A. (Adrien), 1775-1834

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French composer, 19th century. From the description of 3 autograph letters signed, 1820-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387807 French composer; leading opera composer in France during the first quarter of the 19th century and a central figure in the "opéra comique" tradition. From the description of Shepherd's song, 1831. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491651 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter ...

Karl Maria von Weber.

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Mandar fils

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Crescentini, Girolamo, 1762-1846

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Italian mezzo-soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 7 January 1836, to Ferdinando Paer in Paris, 1836 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564749 ...

Tosi, Pier Francesco

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Neukomm, Sigismond

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Austrian composer, pianist, and scholar. From the description of [Sanctus, etc.] : autograph manuscript, 1837 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270942511 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 20 November 1824, to [Gaspare Spontini], 1824 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582870 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1828], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., 1828]. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Deszezynski

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Mengozzi, Bernardo, 1758-1801

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Blanghini

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Carafa, Michele, 1787-1872

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris?], 9 November [n.y.] to Ambroise Thomas, [n.y.] Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564125 From the description of [Andante cantabile, English horn and piano] : autograph manuscript, 1843 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562147 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 20 July 1857, to the mayor of Dijon, 1857 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564127...

Panseron, Auguste-Mathieu, 1795-1859

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French composer and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., near Paris, n.d., 1832?], to an unidentified recipient, 1832?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674238 ...

Fischer, ...

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 2851 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0003e8 ...

Morlacchi, Francesco, 1784-1841

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x0000bd Italian composer and conductor. From the description of L'invito a Climene Canzonetta [manuscript]. 10. Dec. 1822. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270567217 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Töplitz, 1 August 1823, to Francesco [i.e. Franz Anton] Schubert in Dresden, 1823 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Théodore Vlasov

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Mayr, Simon, 1763-1845

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German composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bergamo, 18 February 1819, to Pietro [i.e. Peter] Lichtenthal in Milan, 1819 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582083 From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [n.p., Bergamo?], 29 May 1804, to unidentified administrators, 1804 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582087 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bergamo, 31 March 1828, t...

Corde Armoniche e Musica

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Lalande

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Louis Morin.

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