Donizetti/ Koln - String Quartets 4-6 Condition:New was commissioned to paint a

was commissioned to paint a series of new works for A Beginner's Mind

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Donizetti/ Koln - String Quartets 4-6 Condition:New was commissioned to paint aGaetano Donizetti not only was very well acquainted with the Viennese models that then were dominant on the international market; at the latest since his study years in Bologna he had also been familiar with the most important exponents of Italian quartet culture. This is why his string quartets offer valuable insights into his education and early artistic development and are important documents attesting to the existence of a chamber music culture