Un ballo in maschera [collection] : melodramma in tre atti / musica di Giuseppe Verdi. [between 1859? and 1940]

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Un ballo in maschera [collection] : melodramma in tre atti / musica di Giuseppe Verdi. [between 1859? and 1940]

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Arranged in two groups: I. Vocal scores (14). II. Orchestra parts (32). Music for Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera," first performed in Rome in February, 1859. The libretto, by Antonio Somma, is based on Eugène Scribe's "Gustave III." The bulk of the collection is in Italian and includes five different editions of vocal score. There are imprints of Ricordi, Escudier, and Boosey. The Boosey vocal score is an English version by Charles Lamb Kenney. Orchestra parts are manuscript; folders for the strings are labelled New York Academy of Music. There is also a set of five string parts for the "behind the scenes" ensemble, the second violin part of which is published by Ricordi.

46 items.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861

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Presumably a preliminary document for the libretto of the opéra historique in five acts by Auber, first performed at the Paris Opéra, 27 February 1833. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Gustave III livret : manuscript, [before 1833] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612846131 French dramatist. From the description of Autograph manuscript : [n.p., Paris?], [n.d., 1834?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669713 From the description of Inscription du c...

Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003d0 ...

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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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...

Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001e7 English journalist and author of French birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 23 December 1873, to [Joseph] Bennett, 1873 Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578818 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 27 December [n.y.], to J[ames] W[illiam] D[avison], [n...