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ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO

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ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO
(1792 - 1868) Italian composer and leading representative of the bel canto school of opera, among his thirty-nine operas are The Barber of Seville, Otello, and William Tell. Handsome D.S. "Gioacchino Rossini" 1p. oblong, 10 1/4" x 4", Paris, June 18, 1861, a partly printed check ordering payment of 3,400 Italian livres to the Rothschild brothers, boldly signed by Rossini in the lower right corner. Light toning at right, boldly signed and very good.