"Canon a 4 voix" : autograph manuscript, 1843 July 16.

Record ID: 
115570
Accession number: 
Cary 397
Creator: 
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Biographical Data: 
Italian composer.
Title: 
"Canon a 4 voix" : autograph manuscript, 1843 July 16.
Uniform title: 
Canon
Date: 
1843 July 16.
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 1973.
Inscription/Markings: 

At the end: "Gioachino Rossini / a son ami Vogt. / Paris ce 16 Juillet 1843."

Notes: 

Part of the souvenir album of music autographs compiled by Gustave Vogt (1781-1870). The album contains entries by 63 musicians (one unidentified) and is dated Paris (a few are without locations), 1831-1856, most come from the 1840s.
Text begins: "Or che si oscura il ciel."
With an ad libitum piano accompaniment.

Provenance: 

Gustave Vogt (1781-1870).

Associated names: 

Vogt, Gustave, 1781-1870, former owner.