The title of the work presented here for the first time is in the autograph score Fantasia | Per | Corno da Caccia - Su varj motivi di Mercadante di Signor Alfonso Schettino About the composer and horn player Alfonso Schettino any biographical information, unfortunately, could be determined.

Saverio Mercadante (1795 - 1870) was a very popular composer during his lifetime. In 1840 he was appointed director of the Royal Conservatory in Naples as the successor of his teacher, Zingarelli.

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