autograph letter signed ("bellini"), to alessandro lanari, agreeing to compose an opera for venice [beatrice di tenda], 28 april 1832 — Bellini, Vincenzo

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Estimate: £3,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $3,961–$5,282
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Sale: Sotheby's — Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music, London · 26 October 2017
Record ID: TB-2026-4606419
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Vincenzo Bellini, autograph letter signed ("bellini"), to alessandro lanari, agreeing to compose an opera for venice [beatrice di tenda], 28 april 1832. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606419.

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Vincenzo Bellini, autograph letter signed ("bellini"), to alessandro lanari, agreeing to compose an opera for venice [beatrice di tenda], 28 april 1832. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606419.

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From the same sale Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music · Oct 2017

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Autograph letter signed, to Giuseppe Spatz, 7 September 1897	Giuseppe Verdi	£1,500–£2,000
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