Donizetti, Gaetano - Autograph Music Quote Signed 1840 Autographs Actors - Letter D shown as Enrico in I

shown as Enrico in I Puritani at La Scala

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Donizetti, Gaetano - Autograph Music Quote Signed 1840 Autographs Actors - Letter D shown as Enrico in IItalian composer (1797 1848) mostly of operas, one of the 3 most important composers of the Bel Canto style together with Rossini and Bellini, during the first half of the 19th century. Wonderful autograph music quote signed by him, with 6 bars from an unknown piece, inscribed to Charles de Loture, "his friend", and dated in 1840. Signed as "Donizetti", a small piece, 5. 6 x 4. 5 inches, in excellent condition.