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 11, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. 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...
Dates:
undated
Letter to Spontini from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, Charlottenburg, 2 pages, in French, 1847 December 16
Item — Box 11, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
A copy in Spontini’s hand of a letter to him from the King.
Dates:
1847 December 16
Letter to Spontini's widow from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, Berlin, 1 page, in French, 1851 February 22
Item — Box 11, Folder: 11
Dates:
1851 February 22