Autograph musical manuscript fragment of a unidentified vocal work in full score ca. 1780. Unsigned

by Domenico Cimarosa

$1,800 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Oblong folio 217 x 280 mm . 9 measures, most likely from the conclusion of an aria from one of the composer's operas, notated on both sides of the leaf in black ink on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper. With text ? l'a ruta si si nome daje l'aruta pett' e sarra fenuta pette sarrà fenuta pieta pette non n'è pieta pette non nei pieta pette non c'e pieta pette non c'è. Scored for winds, strings and unfigured bass. One notational correction.

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