Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera.

From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädter Bühne zu Berlin eingerichtet von Karl von Holtei, die Musik von J. Rossini : manuscript, [1825?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612871804

Composed ca. 1836, published in Paris ca. 1837. Cf New Grove.

From the description of Nizza : canzonetta / paroles de Mr. Emile Deschamps, musique de G. Rossini : manuscript, [1837?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612849551

Composer.

From the description of Gioacchino Rossini souvenir card, 1866 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 501180912

From the description of Gioacchino Rossini autograph letter to [Cosima Wagner?], 1868 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 427546274

From the melodramma tragico Semiramide, by Giochino Rossini; libretto by Gaetano Rossi after Voltaire's Sémiramis; first performed in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice, 3 February 1823. Cf. New Grove opera.

From the description of Cadenza duo Semiramide : manuscript, [after 1823] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 682627610

Italian compsoser.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 24 [November] 1834, to a named but unidentified marquise, 1834 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676391

The author is the Italian composer of operas, cantatas, songs, choral and symphonic music.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 28 February 1851, to Landa Della Ripa, Florence. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 769138632

Epithet: composer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000153

Italian composer of operas.

From the description of Autograph letter signed from Rossini to Landa della Ripa, Bologna 1831 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387822

French contralto.

From the description of [Album leaf in the hand of Zélia Trebelli], 1860 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270943139

Gioacchino Rossini and Saverio Mercadante were Italian composers, particularly of operas.

From the description of Gioacchino Rossini collection. [ca. 1825]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676749986

Italian composer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed from Rossini to Sr. Francesco Baccani, Passy de Paris, 1863 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872448

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to Leopoldo Pasqui, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676367

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 17 October 1843, to Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, 1843 Oct. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676375

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Passy de Paris, 24 August 1864, to [Carlo Capezzuoli in Florence], 1864 Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676333

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 22 August 1830, to [Maria] Malibran in Paris, 1830 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676353

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 12 October 1834, to [Auguste] Panseron, 1834 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676363

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Florence, 7 August 1848, to Marchese Matteo Conti Costelli in Bologna, 1848 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676337

From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Paris, [18 August 1863], and 1 January and 14 November 1864, to Conte Giuseppe Mattei in Bologna, 1863 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676356

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Passy?], 21 April 1863, to M. [Julius] Benedict in London, 1863 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676326

From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Florence, 24 March 1849 and 24 September 1852, to Angelo Mignani in Bologna, 1849 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676359

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Passy, 15 September 1863, to Baccani , 1863 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676316

From the description of Quelques ornements sur L'air de Tancredi pour L'usage de Madme Gregoire / par son ami / G. Rossini / Passy ce 15 Août 1858. [manuscript]. 15 Août 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569061

From the description of "Chirie a tre voci per Contrapunto Corale II. ..." : autograph manuscript. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569033

From the description of [Mi lagnerò tacendo] : autograph manuscript, 1860 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569049

From the description of Prima Composizione / del Sig. Gioacchino Rossini / Luisa Pappafara. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569057

From the description of [Cadenzas for Lasciami! non t'ascolto, from Tancredi]. [1820?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569064

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris, n.d.], to M. Sénes, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676378

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 11 September 1846, to Anna de la Grange in Cesena, 1846 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676349

From the description of Letter signed, dated : Paris, 24 November 1826, to M. [John] Ebers in London, 1826 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676341

From the description of Document signed, dated : [Paris?, 1867?], 1867?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676386

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Montecatini, 12 July 1832, to Antonio Zoboli, 1832 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676381

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 3 August 1841, to Alessandro Fabbri, notary in Pesaro, 1841 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676346

From the description of [Cadenzas for Cenerentola's aria Nacqui all'affanno, in La Cenerentola]. [ca. 1817] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569028

From the description of [Duettino]. [ca. 1814] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569037

From the description of [Se il vuol la molinara]. 20 marzo 1801. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569054

From the description of Ouverture [manuscript]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569045

From the description of Cori dell'edipo a / Colono / posti in musica dal Mro Rossini.a. 1817. [1817?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569041

From the description of [Guillaume Tell. Ouverture ; arr.]. [1838?-1841] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270958884

From the description of "Guglielmo Tell / Musica del Calre Gioino Rossini. / Violino Principale." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919875

From the description of [Vous avez entendu quelle est ma volonté, from Moïse et Pharaon]. [1827?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569051

From the description of "Canon a 4 voix" : autograph manuscript, 1843 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569025

From the description of Partially printed document signed, dated : [Paris], 1 March 1826, 1826 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270961062

From the description of [Mi lagnerò tacendo] for voice and piano, 1832. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491649

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 19 February 1862, to Pompeo [Belgiojoso], 1862 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676321

From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Paris, 12 October 1857, 14 November 1858, and 1 January 1859, to Leopoldo Pini in Florence, 1857 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676370

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Naples], 23 April 1821 [the reading of the date is tentative], to [Giovanni Battista] Benelli, 1821 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676330

From the description of Autograph visiting card signed, dated : [Paris, n.d., 1856-1860], [1856-1860]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899334

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 16 April 1857, to Angelo [Mignani], 1857 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270900817

From the description of A Madame Branchu, Célèbre Artiste de l'A. R. de Musique : manuscript : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1825-1829?] : poem, [n.d., 1825-1829?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676384

Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer.

Opera, with libretto by Felice Romani, after A.-V. Arnault's Blanche et Montcassin. First performed 1819; vocal score published 1828.

From the description of [Bianca e Falliero. Atto 2]. [circa 1819] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775793299

The collection Péchés de vieillesse, of which these manuscripts are a selection, was written between 1857 and 1868, at the end of the composer's life, after a long hiatus since his successful life as an opera composer.

The collection comprises short pieces for piano, and also for solo voices in all possible combinations, with piano accompaniment. The 237 pieces are organized in 13 albums (For an inventory of these albums, see P. Gossett's Rossini entry in NewGrove, XVI (1980).

The composer had the entire collection copied from his autograph (today at the Fondatione Rossini, Pesaro); he revised and corrected them carefully, signing each piece, possibly with a publication in mind. Often at variance with the autograph scores, they represent the authoritative text.

After the composer's death, in 1873, his widow, Olympe Pélissier, sold the entire collection to the English baron Albert Grant. He, in turn, had the collection auctioned off in London, in 1878. The Société anonyme de publications périodique, Paris, was among the buyers, purchasing 20 items from the Quelques riens pour album, and later adding 14 more items from other sources (one item contains 2 pieces). The Heugel firm acquired from them the rights to publish these 35 pieces for piano solo, as the very first edition of Rossini piano works. It was prepared by Auguste Vaucorbeil (1821-1884), then director of the Paris Opéra, who gave the pieces new picturesque titles, and changed the order completely.

Both the music manuscripts and the accompanying archive remained intact in the Heugel firm until sold in 1975 to the Hamburg auction house Hauswedell & Nolte, then to the dealer Scriptorium (Brussels) before they were acquired by the Houghton Library in 1996. In 1975 the manuscripts were consulted by the Fondatione Rossini, Pesaro, for the edition of the Quelques riens pour album (vol. XII of Péchés de vieillesse ), M. Tartak, ed. (1982, with introduction and commentary).

From the guide to the Gioacchino Rossini, Péchés de vieillesse, and Heugel archive, 1857-1895., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)