Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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Autograph letter signed, Baden, 1841 January 5, 1 page, in French.
Autograph letter signed, Paris, 1849 April 20, 1 page, in German.
Autograph letter signed, Forbach, 1850[?] August 10, 2 pages, in French. To Leon Pillet.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 2 pages, in French.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 1 page, in German.
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, undated, 1 page, in German.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autographed manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata," a full set of handwritten parts for Robert Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor op. 41 no. 1 (Heavily...

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The portrait is affixed to the back of a bill of payment signed by Carl Maria von Weber and is therefore filed with the von Weber material.

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A itemized bill with von Weber's signature acknowledging payment. A large portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer is glued to the back of the document.
The folder also contains a 1991 typed letter signed from Leon Robbin to Dr. Joachim Veit of the Internationales Carl-Maria-von-Weber Kuratorium in Detmold, Germany, regarding the von Weber document in this folder.