Auction Date:2010 Jul 14 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Venetian composer and conductor (1750-1825). As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. Rare ALS in Italian, one page, 4.25 x 7.5, February 6, 1802. Letter to the wife of the physician Joseph Frank, Kristin Gerhardy, letting her know that he has read the manifesto. In fine condition, with light intersecting folds.
Salieri’s numerous contributions to music included time spent instructing Ludwig van Beethoven. The great composer’s relationship with Salieri dated to the 1790s, as Beethoven was establishing his career in Vienna. Around this period, Beethoven had also sought advice from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Alhough the relationship between the two greats is subject to historical debate, Salieri is known to have occasionally offered instruction in Italian vocal composition style, offering suggestions on how to fine-tune Beethoven’s work. Their teacher-student relationship lasted until at least 1802, the year of this correspondence. Beethoven is said to have taken full advantage of Salieri’s willingness “to give gratuitous instruction to musicians of small means,” with scholars noting that Beethoven took greater care in creating the structure of his works and developing a style following his time with Salieri—a period that overlapped this correspondence to Gerhardy. Gerhardy, a talented Viennese singer, took an active part in the cultural life of Vienna along with her physician husband, and judging from this letter had also solicited advice from Salieri.
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