L. Cherubini. Autograph letter signed, to Spontini, 16 May 1824

Luigi Cherubini

Autograph letter signed ("L. Cherubini"), in Italian, to Spontini

enclosing the prospectus [contained with this lot] for the publishing of a missa solemnis of his for four voices, asking him to obtain subscribers for him in Berlin, regarding him as he does the best advocate for his interests, noting that if it were possible to gain his Majesty as a subscriber that would represent the pinnacle of his hopes, and asking him to give his respects to General Witzleben and also to Madame Spontini

...Se per suo mezzo posso ottenere che Sua Maestà mi onori di sottoscrivere, sarà mettere il colmo alle mie speranze...

1 page, 4to (26 x 20.5cm), integral autograph address panel, ownership stamp ("v. Radowitz"), Paris, 16 May 1824, creasing along folds, seal tear to integral

The missa solemnis in question here was presumably the Mass in C which Cherubini had written some eight years earlier, and whose publication is presumed to date from 1825.

LITERATURE

TNG, v, p.582