Novello, Vincent, 1781-1861

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1781 September 6 - 1861 August 9

Occupations

Organists
Choral conductors
Conductors (Music)
Editors
Music publishers

Places

London (England) (Place of Birth)
Nice (France) (Place of Death)

Topics

Music

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Theoph. W. Mozart compositeur, et maitre de musique, agé de 7 ans, 1781

Collection

Identifier: Mss 0034-172

Collection Overview Framed etched portrait of Mozart at age 7, engraved by T. Cook (1744-1818) after a work by Carmontelle-Delafosse depicting Leopold Mozart with Wolfgang and Maria Anna (Paris, 1763). It is captioned in French and includes an epigraph from Homer's Hymn on Mercury in Greek below. This engraving was reproduced in Daines Barrington's Miscellanies (London, 1781) accompanying an essay entitled, "Account of a very remarkable young musician." Daines Barrington (1727-1800) was an English lawyer,...

Dates: undated

Found in: Special Collections