A real treasure Russian national music Museum is the division of documents and personal archives. Almost every manuscript lies an amazing, and sometimes a detective story. The Department of manuscripts, as a rule, associated with the names of Russian musicians, but also the" foreign presence" it was very noticeable.
Vivid example — famous Italian 17th-century composer Alessandro Stradella(1639-1682).

His legacy includes operas, oratorios, hundreds of vocal and choral works, dozens...