Author: Fontemaggi, Giacomo.
Title: LA LONTANANZA ROMANZA Per voce di Basso espressamente composta e dedicata al Distinto Fautore di Musica Lord Ward da ...
Description: Roma, 1846. Thin 4to. Title page lettered in various shades of brown, 6 page handwritten musical score. Age toning and light spotting, bookplate ‘solo y por mi propio impulso duq de San lucar La Mayor’, text loose within binding, intricate red skivver boards with much decoration in gilt and blind, some light surface cracking, minor loss to edges, spine rubbed to head and tail. ¶ Of the Family of composers and organists active in Rome during the 18th and 19th centuries. Giacomo Fontemaggi (1810-1859), composer born in Rome. His vocal music (arias, duets, romances) often recur in the programs of chamber concerts in the mid-nineteenth century alongside compositions by G. Donizetti, G. Verdi, G. Rossini. His musical production includes chamber music and above all sacred music, most of which is preserved in manuscript in the Roman library of the Accademia di S. Cecilia and in the Apostle Library, the Vatican.

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