Gaetano Donizetti was born on November 29, 1797, in Bergamo (Italy) to a humble family. He began his musical journey with the Bavarian priest Giovanni Simone Mayr, before continuing studies at the Liceo Filarmonico in Bologna. He gained success in Naples, where he stayed and worked, becoming director of the king’s theatres (Teatri reali). In Milan he composed the works that made him enter the European scene: Anna Bolena, L'elisir d'amore, Lucrezia Borgia, followed by his masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) composed for Naples. He then decided to move to Paris where he wrote La fille du régiment and La Favorite. Thanks to the success of Linda di Chamounix in Vienna, he was appointed “maestro di cappella e di camera” of the Hapsburgic court. He composed about 70 operatic works in various genres, cantatas, and hundreds of chamber compositions to liturgical pieces.
Sheet Music

Gaetano Donizetti: Composizioni Da Camera Volume I: Vocal And Piano
Item No.
NR 13033000
Vocal Collection
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore: (Arr. Ruth Martin): Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL50338160
Vocal Score
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore: Vocal And Piano
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CP 04168805
Vocal Score
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13491600
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04168905
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04204705
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: 12 Composizioni Da Camera - Volume II: Vocal And Piano
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NR 13033100
Vocal Collection
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Clarinet Concertino in B flat: Clarinet And Accomp.
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EP8206
Instrumental Work
Clarinet And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Le più belle arie per soprano: Vocal And Piano
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NR 13987300
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04168804
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04169005
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13287505
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Solo für Oboe und Klavier: Oboe And Accomp.
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BRKMR2277
Instrumental Work
Oboe And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Vocal And Piano
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CP 13800300
Vocal Score
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 14067500
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Concerto: French Horn And Accomp.
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GB1907
Instrumental Work
French Horn And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04168904
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia: Vocal And Piano
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CP 14161600
Vocal Score
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Sonate für Flöte und Klavier C-Dur: Flute And Accomp.
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EP8044
Instrumental Work
Flute And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Arie Per Soprano: Vocal And Piano
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NR 13651000
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04205105
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Deux hommes et une femme (Rita): Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13837000
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Oboe Sonata in F (Concertino): Oboe And Accomp.
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EP5919
Instrumental Work
Oboe And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Romanza: (Arr. Gregory Stone): Bassoon Solo
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HL03774013
Instrumental Collection
Bassoon Solo
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL50340290
Libretto
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (L'Elisir d'amore): Vocal And Piano
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NR 05441200
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Bella Siccome Un Angelo: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05444100
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Messa Di Requiem: Vocal And Piano
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NR 13195600
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Nuits D'Ete A Pausilippe: Vocal And Piano
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NR 13398800
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia–Melodramma in un prologo e due att: Orchestra
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NR 14161300
Score
Orchestra
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Mixed Choir And Ensemble
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PR 00138200
Vocal Work
Mixed Choir And Ensemble
Gaetano Donizetti: Sonate F-Dur: (Arr. Peter Schmalfuss): Flute And Accomp.
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ZM23470
Instrumental Work
Flute And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Scena ed Aria: Vocal And Other Accompaniment
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AL 0535A
Vocal Work
Vocal And Other Accompaniment
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale, Ouvetuere: (Arr. Stephan Jaeggi): Concert Band
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BIC 0154-010
Score and Parts
Concert Band
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale, Ouvetuere: (Arr. Stephan Jaeggi): Concert Band
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BIC 0154-210
Score
Concert Band
Gaetano Donizetti: Sogno Soave e Casto, da Don Pasquale: Vocal And Piano
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CARMK15868
Single Sheet
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Spirto Gentil, da La Favorita: Vocal And Piano
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CARMK15869
Single Sheet
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Tombe degli avi miei, da Lucia di Lammermoor: Vocal And Piano
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CARMK15870
Single Sheet
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore: Vocal And Piano
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CARMK17125
Vocal Score
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04205104
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04205605
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04541504
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04541505
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 04626305
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia von Lammermoor: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13064605
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13152705
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: La favorite: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13554700
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Il campanello: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13611900
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Dom Sebastien roi de Portugal: Vocal And Piano
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CP 13654600
Vocal Score
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13679500
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rohan: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13753600
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Pia de' Tolomei: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13886400
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 13921300
Vocal Score
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena Volume I and Volume II: Opera Vocal Scores
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CP 14036000
Vocal Work
Opera Vocal Scores
Gaetano Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima: (Arr. Jacob de Haan): Concert Band
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DHP 1115082-010
Score and Parts
Concert Band
Gaetano Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima: (Arr. Jacob de Haan): Concert Band
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DHP 1115082-140
Score
Concert Band
Gaetano Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima: (Arr. Darrol Barry): Brass Band
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EMR32658
Score and Parts
Brass Band
Gaetano Donizetti: Gloria (from Messa di Gloria e Credo): (Arr. Patrick M. Liebergen): Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL35007819
Vocal Score
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: (Arr. Natalia MacFarren): Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL50337150
Vocal Score
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: The Daughter of the Regiment: (Arr. Ruth Martin): Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL50338660
Vocal Score
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore: Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL50340100
Libretto
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment: (Arr. Ruth Martin): Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL50340580
Libretto
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita: Mixed Choir And Accomp.
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HL50340690
Libretto
Mixed Choir And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali: Libretto
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LB 14016400
Libretto
Libretto
Gaetano Donizetti: Soldiers'Chorus Ttbb: Lower Voices And Accomp.
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LD 00047200
Vocal Score
Lower Voices And Accomp.
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: So Anch'Io La Virtu Magica: Vocal And Piano
Item No.
NR 05432900
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita: O Mio Fernando: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05433000
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Linda Di Chamounix: O Luce Di Quest'Anima: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05433100
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor: Regnava Nel Silenzio: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05433200
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor: Ardon Gl'Incensi: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05433300
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca D'Alba: Angelo Casto E Bel: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05441100
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita: Una Vergine, Un Angel Di Dio: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05441300
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita: Spirto Gentil: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05441400
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor: Fra Poco A Me Ricovero: Vocal And Piano
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NR 05441500
Vocal Work
Vocal And Piano