Lettres inédites d'Adolphe Nourrit : manuscript, [before 1863]

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit

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Composer. From the description of D. F. E. Auber miscellany, 1860-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122377121 Auber, French composer noted for his operas, including Manon. From the description of [Letter], 12 Jun. [18--] / Auber. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 152608612 French composer, pupil of Cherubini. Writer of grand operas and comic operas. From the description of Original manuscript copy of Fra Diavolo as sent to the printer b...

Halévy, F., 1799-1862

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Libretto by Saint-Georges; opera first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 17 March 1858. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Autographe d'Halévy : fragment de La magicienne : manuscript, [1858?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612871875 F. Halévy was a composer; he wrote the opera La Juive. From the description of Autographed musical score fragment and commentary, 1858. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155888413 Librett...

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Nourrit, Louis 1780-1831

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Niedermeyer, Louis, 1802-1861

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Swiss composer and educationist. From the description of "Kyrie à 4 voix" : autograph manuscript, 1843 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568064 ...

Véron, Louis Désiré, 1798-1867.

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Duponchel, Henri, 1795-1868

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Bertin, Louise-Angélique 1805-1877

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Nourrit, Adolphe

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French tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 17 December 1827, to his brother [Auguste?], 1827 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582997 From the description of Clipped signature, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1821-1839?], [n.d., 1821 -1839?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873878 ...

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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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 Königstädt...

Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842

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Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was an Italian composer and music instructor. He was a child music prodigy who went on to write many popular operas as an adult. He moved to France in 1785, where he continued to live and work, successfully surviving the tumultuous regime changes of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. After the end of the eighteenth century, Cherubini's operatic work was less successful and so he began composing church music. In 1822, he became director of the prestigious Conser...

Lubert, M.

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John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)

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Duprez, Gilbert, 1806-1896

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First performed in Paris at Duprez's École du chant on the rue Turgot, 7 April 1854; the librettist was his brother Edouard Duprez; it was refered to as an operetta, and the title was given as Jélyotte, ou, Un passe-temps de duchesse. Cf. Revue et gazette musicale, 9 April 1854. From the description of Jéliotte : opéra : G. Duprez : manuscript, 1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232649520 First performed in Brussels at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, 19 Novembe...