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Lot 2 · Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music

the hitherto-lost autograph manuscript of the song 'odia la pastorella', written within a letter to sophia, duchessa di cannizzaro, 30 april 1834

Vincenzo Bellini

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Estimate
£10,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $13,204–$15,845
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music, London · 26 October 2017
Record ID
TB-2026-4606435
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Vincenzo Bellini, the hitherto-lost autograph manuscript of the song 'odia la pastorella', written within a letter to sophia, duchessa di cannizzaro, 30 april 1834. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606435.

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Vincenzo Bellini, the hitherto-lost autograph manuscript of the song 'odia la pastorella', written within a letter to sophia, duchessa di cannizzaro, 30 april 1834. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 2. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606435.

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

LotArtistEstimateResult
Autograph letter signed, to Giuseppe Spatz, 7 September 1897 Giuseppe Verdi £1,500–£2,000
Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed by the composer at the … Jules Massenet 1842 - 1912 £1,000–£1,500
autograph letter, probably to his agent Mauro Corticelli, 16 February 1875 Giuseppe Verdi £2,000–£3,000
autograph letter signed ("fliszt"), in german, apparently to the publ… Liszt, Franz. 1811-1886. Autograph Letter Signed £1,500–£2,000
autograph letter signed ("wilhelm furtwängler"), to the writer and cr… Wilhelm Furtwängler £1,000–£1,500
fine early cabinet photograph, signed ("richardstrauss") Richard Strauss £1,500–£2,000

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