Gioacchino Rossini Péchés de vieillesse and Heugel archive, 1857-1895.

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Gioacchino Rossini Péchés de vieillesse and Heugel archive, 1857-1895.

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Contains separate manuscript scores of 35 piano pieces, copied from the autograph, and corrected and signed by the composer. They are a portion of the large collection Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of old age), consisting of 237 small vocal and piano works in 13 albums, written in the last years of the composer's life. Manuscripts are accompanied by an archive (1878-1895) from the Heugel music publishing firm documenting the acquisition, edition, production, and distribution of the first edition of Rossini piano works (Paris, 1880-1885).

2 boxes (.66 linear ft.)

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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...

Heugel (Firm)

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