Autograph letter signed, dated : Weimar May 17 1856, to [Caroline Unger], 1856 May 17.

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, "...

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], to "il principe di Colobrano" in Naples, 1841 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565897 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vienna, 13 June 1843], to [Gaetano] Cobianchi in Paris, 1843 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565892 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 13 October 1831, to his father, Andrea Doniz...

Schober, Franz ˜vonœ 1796-1882

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Bellini, Vincenzo

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Music by V. Bellini, Italian libretto by F. Romani after Carlo Tedaldi-Fores's play Beatrice di Tenda; opera first performed in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice, 16 March 1833. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Cavatine für eine Bassstimme aus der Oper Beatrice di Tenda : mit Piano Forte Begleitung : manuscript, [185-?] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 671538604 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete), dated : [...

Beaulieu.

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Gumpert, Thekla ˜vonœ 1810-1897

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Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

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Note at end says "Original mss. in Weimar--date 1851. First published by Meyer in 1854--later by Litolff. Never been orchestrated--either by Liszt or anyone else."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Scherzo and March / Franz Liszt ; orchestrated by Arthur Hartmann. [c1934]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 69683005 Composed originally for solo piano, 1849, on the deaths of Prince Felix Lichnowsky, Count Ladislaus Teleky and Count Lajos Ba...

Jachmann-Wagner, Johanna, 1826-1894

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German soprano. From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : Hamburg, 16 April 1852, 1852 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873852 ...

Meischner, Mlle de.

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Unger, Karoline, 1803-1877

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Austrian contralto. From the description of Autograph letter, signed Caroline Sabatier Ungher : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677860 From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1842 Jan. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270943174 From the description of Autograph manuscript signed, dated of a poem and sentiment addressed to [Henriette Sontag]. The poem begins: "O singe fort! Mir ist zu Muthe....

Fischer de Tiefensee, Mlle.

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Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

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