DONIZETTI, GAETANO, OPERATIC COMPOSER. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, ("DONIZETTI"), IN ITALIAN, TO MAESTRO G. CORDELLO. NP, ND. ONE PAGE, OBLONG 12MO; MATTED AND FRAMED WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT. TRANSLATES: "BARBAJA HAS PROMISED THE BEARER OF THIS NOTE TO BE KIND ENOUGH TO HEAR HIM WHEN YOU ARE THERE. HE DOES NOT KNOW YOU, AND THEREFORE WANTED A NOTE. PLEASE OBLIDE HIM, HE IS DERSERVING..."