Donizetti, Gaetano - Autograph Music Quote Signed 1840 Autographs Actors - Letter D Directed by Emile Marcelin (1825-1887)

Directed by Emile Marcelin (1825-1887) for the first 24 years

inscribed and dated by him in 1917

shown as Enrico in I Puritani at La Scala

Blind stamped on the front and stamped on verso by photographer Henry Ely

Hanine-Roussel put 28 years into making this amazing 1-volume book with 688 pages

Donizetti, Gaetano - Autograph Music Quote Signed 1840 Autographs Actors - Letter D Directed by Emile Marcelin (1825-1887)Italian 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.