Cavatina. Ah quanto e mai difficile. Musical manuscript . Italy, ca. 1800-20

by Giovanni ?Liverati

$150 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Oblong folio ca. 235 x 330 mm . Sewn. 1 title , 23 pp.Scored for violins 1 & 2, clarinettes 1 & 2, Horns 1 & 2, viola, basso, and bass voice. Notated in black ink on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper in a rough, unpracticed hand.Slightly worn; minor soiling to outermost leaves; some creasing and showthrough. RISM records 8 manuscript copies of which three are attributed to Giovanni Liverati; two to Antimo Liberati

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