National Library of Spain: Fragment of Bellini Opera Score Discovered Inside Bound Volume of Photographs and Drawings
From The Telegraph:
Spain’s national library said [earlier this week] that it had discovered a rare fragment of an opera score handwritten by 19th-century Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini lying within its archives.
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The fragment was discovered after the library’s catalogue service requested the identification of a “sheet of music bound in an album of 19th century photographs and drawings with landscapes of Malta and Sicily”, it said.
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Original News Release (in Spanish) ||| Translated Version of News Release (via Google Translate)
See Also: Spain’s National Library discovers rare fragment of Bellini score (Digital Journal)
Courtesy of La Biblioteca Nacional de España
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