Autographed letter signed, 1793 April 17.

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Autographed letter signed, 1793 April 17.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122447511

Letter addressed to an official (possibly of the Opéra or Conservatoire), reporting on progress in composing the opera Médée, and requesting permission to stay in the country to complete the piece rather than returning to Paris.

1 letter (4 p.)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6715433

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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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...