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Composer

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer (1797–1848)

1797–1848

382 works in the index

Born
1797
Died
1848
Birthplace
Bergamo
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

As a very young child of a poor family, Dominico Gaetano Maria Donizetti lived in a windowless cellar. But as a grown man, he dominated the Italian opera scene in the period between Bellini’s death (1835) and Verdi’s rise to fame after the success of Nabucco (1842). Donizetti succeeded with operas of a wide range of genres. His comedies for example included L’ajo nell'umbarazzo, [The Embarrassed Tutor] (1824), Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali [Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage] (an initial version was produced in 1827, a much expanded final version in 1831), and Il giovedi grasso [Maundy Thursday]. He also composed the heroic neoclassical drama L’esule di Roma [The Exile from Rome] (1828) and the romantic melodrama Il paria [The outcast] (1829). During the period of his dominance of the operatic stage his works include: Maria Stuarda [Mary Stuart] (1835); Lucia di Lammermoor (1835); and La fille du regiment [The Daughter of the Regiment] (1840). His final work, integrating ballet, was the comic opera Don Pasquale (1843), first produced at the Théâtre-Italien at the Salle Ventadour, in Paris.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Voice, Piano, Flute, Vocal, Bassoon
Genres represented
Classical, Broadway, Pop, Rock
Works with composition dates
5 of 382

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 4 of 8

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Chiedi all'aura (Donizetti-Elixir of Love) — —— VoiceClassical 3
Che vuol dire (Donizetti-Elixir of Love) — —— VoiceClassical 3
Udite, o rustici (Donizetti-Elixir of Love) — —— Voice, Low VoiceClassical 3
QUANTO E BELLA (Donizetti-Elixir of Love) — —— VoiceClassical 4
A Mezzanotte — —— Piano, Flute, VoiceClassical 3
Amore E Morte — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Pronta io son — —— VoiceClassical 4
Fra da una parte — —— VoiceClassical 4
I diamanti, presto — —— VoiceClassical 4
Che interminabile — —— VoiceClassical 4
Tornami a dir che — —— VoiceClassical 4
Don Pasquale - Act I, Scene 4: 'Quel guardo il cavaliere... So anch'io la virtu magica' (Norina) — —— —Classical 3
Accompaniment Tracks — —— —Classical 3
La Derniere Nuit D'un Novice — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
L'amor Funesto — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Veggo ahime l'ingenua sposa from Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Nel veder la tua costanza from Anna Bolena — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Ah! Mes Amis/ Amici miei from La fille du regiment/La figlia del reggimento — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Allegro io sono from Rita — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Se tanto in ira agli uomini from Linda di Chamounix — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Alma soave e cara from Maria di Rohan — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Ov'e La Voce Magica — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Depuis Q'une Autre A — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Sovra Il Campo Della — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Che Cangi Tempra — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Ella di me, sollecita from Anna Bolena — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Morta al mondo, e morta al trono from Maria Stuarda — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Io vi rivedo alfin! from Maria Stuarda — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Deh! Tu di un'umile preghiera from Maria Stuarda — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
L'amor suo mi fe'beata from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Quel sangue versato from Roberto Devereux — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Buona gente, noi siamo chi siamo from Linda di Chamounix — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Ah! un foco insolito from DON PASQUALE — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Fisher's Hornpipe — —— Guitar— 2
Par le rang et par — —— VoiceClassical 3
Salut a la France! — —— VoiceClassical 3
Pour me rapprocher — —— VoiceClassical 3
Sulla tomba che rinserra — —— VoiceClassical 4
Il pallor funesto — —— VoiceClassical 4
Ah! cedi — —— VoiceClassical 4
Per pocco fra — —— VoiceClassical 4
Chi raffre na il mio — —— VoiceClassical 4
Spargi d'amaro — —— VoiceClassical 2
Tu che a Dio — —— VoiceClassical 4
"Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fete!" from La fille du regiment — —— VoiceClassical 3
"Pour mon ame" from La fille du regiment — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Ouverture zu La figlia del reggimento (Die Regimentstochter, Oper in 2 Akten) -bearbeitet fur Klavier zu 4 Handen- — —— PianoClassical 2
Salut ? la France — —— PianoClassical 3

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 74037336. Portrait: Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.