A contract to publish music from the opera Macbeth , 1847.
Verdi, Giuseppe
This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London
- Reference
- GB 96 MS 921
- Dates of Creation
- 1847
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Italian English
- Physical Description
- Single sheet
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Verdi was born in Le Roncole, Italy, in 1813. He showed a talent for music as a child and started his career teaching music, undertaking church duties and conducting the town orchestra. He moved to Milan and became famous for his operas, the most well known of which include, Simon Boccanegra (1857), Otello (1886) and Falstaff (1893). He died in 1901.
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Custodial History
Part of the Sterling Library collection, 1992.