With red and blue chalk markings and cuts made with paste-overs and pinning. 1. Cello part of the overture. On green paper. Names on cover, 'Crouch & Lavenu', 'Gough et Kleine Her Maj 1860'.2. Double bass. With cuts dated 1862 and 1865.
'Le siege de Corinthe', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Luigi Balochi and Alexandre Soumet. A French version of his Italian opera in 2 acts of 1820, 'Maometto Secondo'. Full score, chorus parts, orchestral parts and ballet music. The orchestral parts seem to be those used for the first, Paris, produ...
'Le siege de Corinthe'. Full score of Acts 2 and 3.
Scope & Content:
Printed. Text in French. Published by E Troupenas, Paris, with plate number 180. A paste-over label on the front cover has the title 'Assedio di Corinto' written on it. There is also a binder's label, 'Ate[lier] Lard-Esnault, Papeterie-Reliure', Paris.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1827]
Extent:
345 x 270mm. Bound in cloth and green marbled paper over boards.
Chorus from Act 3, scene 1, in 3 versions: 1. 'Wedding chorus', first words 'Imen le dona'; - 2. 'Imen le dona', printed, published by Ricordi, [1971], with plate number 87408, 2 copies; - 3. 'Wedding chorus', first words 'Muovio regina'. With 17 photocopies. Text in Italian.
2 copies. Text in French. With red chalk markings and cuts made with sewing and pinning. Bound with printed title page and overture of the E. Troupenas publication, plate number 0-181, [c 1827].
2 copies. Text in French. With red chalk markings and cuts made with sewing. One copy is bound together with the title page and overture of the E. Troupenas publication, plate number 0-181, [c 1827].