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Hirsch II.920.
- Record Id:
- 040-001945717
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945670
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000192
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Hirsch II.920.
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GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo; 2nd half of the 19th century. Full score, in ink. Copy in several hands on pages ruled with between 10 and 24 staves. Comprises the complete three-act version in Italian together with the final act of the four-act French version. Details of performances, with dates, are listed in various hands on the title page of each volume (performances in Italy between 1855 and 1858 in vols 1-3, and in Paris in 1882 in vol. 4). Italian version first performed at Venice, Fenice, 11 Mar. 1851; French version first performed in Brussels, 22 Nov. 1858. Purchased as part of the Paul Hirsch Music Library, 1946.
Four volumes. 325 x 240mm. Printed covers bearing the imprint of the publisher Gio. Ricordi of Milan. Bookplate of Paul Hirsch.
Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, composer: Francesco Maria Piave, librettist: Vicomte Victor Marie Hugo,; author: Edouard Duprez, writer: 'Rigoletto', opera by Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo, partly in a translation by Edouard Duprez: 19th cent.: Ital. & Fr.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Hirsch Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945670
040-001945717 - Is part of:
- Hirsch 199.-M.1356a : The Hirsch Collecton
Hirsch II.920. : GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo; 2nd half of… - Contains:
- Hirsch II.920.(1.) : GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo;…
Hirsch II.920.(2.) : GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo;…
Hirsch II.920.(3.) : GIUSEPPE VERDI (b.1813, d.1901): ‘Rigoletto’, opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo;…
Hirsch II.920.(4.) : Act IV; [1882-1883]. In a French translation by Édouard Duprez. Corresponds to Act III of the Italian version. With the…
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- 032-001945670[0022]/040-001945717
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 items
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- Languages:
- English
French
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 19th century
- Era:
- CE
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- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Duprez, Edouard, translator of an aria by Giuseppe Verdi, fl 19th century
Hugo, Victor Marie, author and politician, 1802-1885
Piave, Francesco Maria, librettist
Verdi, Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco, composer, 1813-1901