Bidspirit auction | DONIZETTI GAETANO: (1797-1848)

DONIZETTI GAETANO: (1797-1848) - DONIZETTI GAETANO: (1797-1848) Italian composer. An attractive, rare A.M.Q.S., ‘Donizetti’ , one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, 1843. In this fascinating and whimsical piece, Donizetti has incorporated the letters of his name into a single bar of ascending and descending musical notation. Signed and dated by the composer immediately beneath the quotation. Light, minor overall age wear and staining, with small remnants of former mounting to the verso. About G 1843 represented one of the culminating years of Donizetti's career. His comic masterpiece Don Pasquale received its triumphant premiere at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris on 3rd January, while later in the year he returned to the French capital to complete and supervise his monumental five-act grand opera Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal, first performed at the Paris Opéra on 13th November. This charming musical jeu d’esprit was therefore executed in Paris at the very height of the composer’s international fame.