Composer of the Month (November)
Above left: Gaetano Donizetti (29 November 1797, Bergamo - 8 April 1848, Bergamo). Type of music: opera [The Elixir of Love, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale]. Postmark: BERGAMO, 8.4.1998, Day of Issue, 150th Anniversary of Donizetti's death. Card published by KINA, Milano, No. 15.
Above right: Gaetano Donizetti. Postmark: BERGAMO, 23.10.1948, Philatelic Exhibition. Postage stamp: Italy, 23.10.1948, 100th Anniversary of Donizetti's death. Card published by L. Grassi, Milano, No. 52.
Selected MCs from my exhibit 'THE MUSIC HAS SURVIVED TRIUMPHANTLY'.
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