Donizetti – The house where he was born

edited by
Giovanni Carullo
2012 DONIZETTI FOUNDATION – Bergamo

A book with historical and documentary information about Gaetano Donizetti’s birthplace in Borgo Canale in Bergamo.
Summary of contents:
Preface
Further reading
Giovanni Carullo, Borgo Canale
Maria Mencaroni Zoppetti, The Birthplace in Borgo
Giovanni Carullo, The purchase of the house
Ciro Caversazzi, Gaetano Donizetti: the house where he was born, his family, the onset of the illness
Angelo Geddo, Donizetti and his birthplace
Gianfranco Rota, Birthplace: a journey in images
In the autumn of 2009, the Municipality happily returned Gaetano Donizetti’s birthplace to the citizens and enthusiasts from all over the world after careful restoration […]. Readers who leaf through the pages of this book will learn about the building’s troubled history. They will discover, for example, that the composer’s fellow citizens were unsure of the exact location of Donizetti’s house […]. They will then be surprised to see how, once the location was identified in 1924, a public subscription raised the funds needed to hand the building over to the town authorities. […] Meanwhile, the King of Italy and the Ministry proclaimed it a National Monument. […] Afterwards, temporary repair works were carried out in years when the importance and cultural value of Donizetti’s heritage was understood […]. That is, until 2009. (from the Introduction)
Series: BIRTHPLACE GUIDE 1
Language: English
Format: 15 cm x 21 cm
Number of pages: 96
Text description: full-bleed printing, laminated 4-colour cover, sewn binding, image of the interior of the Birthplace
Images: historical and current images of the house, paintings, portraits