Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1801 - 1835
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Corning Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: MP-0024-01
Abstract
Alfred Corning Clark (1844-1896), heir to a large part of the Singer sewing machine fortune, was an American art patron and philanthropist who traveled extensively in Europe, meeting many prominent figures in the arts of the late nineteenth century. The collection contains many photographs of those figures, a few of which are autographed, a book of scores containing opera excerpts and art songs by European composers of the period, a song manuscript personally dedicated to Clark,...
Dates:
1865-1895
Found in:
The New School Archives
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Alfred Corning Clark papers
Marietta Gazzaniga musical excerpts scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MP-0015-01
Summary
A scrapbook of musical excerpts kept by opera singer Marietta Gazzaniga (1824-1884), who toured the United States and Cuba in the mid-nineteenth century. The Italian soprano compiled autographs, letters, and poems from major nineteenth century Italian composers and other music personalities, notably Giuseppe Verdi, into the bound volume, which spans almost forty years.
Dates:
1845 - 1883