Gioacchino Rossini collection. [ca. 1825].

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Gioacchino Rossini collection. [ca. 1825].

The collection consists of a leather bound volume, consisting mainly of handwritten transcriptions of a selection of Rossini's works. They are taken from the operas "Italian in Algiers", "Tancredi", and "Otello". Also included is one selection from the Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) opera "El Puerto Abandonada". All the words are translated into Spanish. The volume bears several labels of "Academia de Musica de J.N. Loretta."

1 cm of textual records.

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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...

Mercadante, Saverio, 1795-1870

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000141 Composed for first performance at Naples, 3, 6 and 8 April 1843.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture on motifs of G. Rossini's Stabat Mater / Saverio Mercadante. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52973362 Italian composer and teacher. From the description of Autog...