ROSSINI, GIOACHINO. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO GAETANO DONIZETTI

writing in a direct and sarcastic manner (“…Ho ricevuto la vostra amabile e troppo laconica lettera alla quale m’affretto rispondere…”), he forcefully derides Donizetti’s ideas for the future head of the Liceo musicale (Conservatorio), Bologna, at which both studied, the implication that Donizetti himself was considering applying for the position, informing him that there are no obvious Bolognese rivals for the post, except perhaps Tadolini, thanking him for help with the corrections to his Stabat mater, which is in the press at the publisher Troupenas, and sending his best regards, 3 pages, 4to, integral autograph address panel, straight-line stamp “Bologna”, docketed by the recipient in a secretarial hand, seal tear, a few minor tears, Bologna, 24 November 1841