Rigoletto [collection] : melodramma in tre atti / di Francesco Maria Piave ; musica di Giuseppe Verdi. [1850-1940?]

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Rigoletto [collection] : melodramma in tre atti / di Francesco Maria Piave ; musica di Giuseppe Verdi. [1850-1940?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16759330

Arranged in four groups: I. Vocal scores (31). II. Orchestra parts (67). III. Chorus parts (82). IV. Promptbooks (2). There are eight editions of vocal scores in the collection, including imprints by Ricordi, Novello, Léon Grus, Escudier, G. Schirmer, Boosey, and Bureau Central. The promptbooks are based on the Schirmer and Novello vocal scores (published music interleaved with pages of manuscript). The chorus parts are holographs in French and German. Orchestra parts are mainly manuscript and include a set for the stage band. There is also a set published by Ricordi. English versions in the collection are by John Oxenford and by Natalia Macfarren. The French version of the opera is by Edouard Duprez.

182 items.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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SNAC Resource ID: 6913671

University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb9z55 (person)

Epithet: librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x00037e ...

Macfarren, Natalia, approximately 1827-1916

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fx7v4z (person)

Duprez, Edouard

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0000e3 ...

Oxenford, John, 1812-1877

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h99h23 (person)

English dramatist and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to [Edward Tyrrell] Smith, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583145 John Oxenford was an English dramatist, critic, and translator. As an author, he had a philosophical outlook, and was an exceptional linguist; as a critic, his natural kindliness made his opinions lenient, even generous. He also wrote librettos for several operas. From the description of John Oxe...

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6959fkr (person)

Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000089 Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849. From the description of Luisa Miller : melodramma tragico in tre atti / sinfonia musica del Sigr. Mo. Giuseppe Verdi. [ca. 1850] (Yale University). WorldCat record id...