Spontini, Gaspare, 1774-1851
Person
Dates
- Existence: 17741114 - 18510124
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph letter signed, location unknown, 1 page, in Italian, undated
Item — Box: 39, Folder: 75-76
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...
Dates:
undated
Letter to Spontini from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, Charlottenburg, 2 pages, in French, 1847 December 16
Item
Scope and Contents
A copy in Spontini’s hand of a letter to him from the King.
Dates:
1847 December 16