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Alceste : tragédie : opera en trois actes

Title
Alceste : tragédie : opera en trois actes / par Gluck.
Author
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787
Publication
A Paris : Chez Boieldieu jeune, Rue de Richelieu, no. 80, au coin de celle Feydeau, [between 1811 and 1817]

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Additional Authors
  • Lobry, Anne-Élisabeth, 1773-1823
  • Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795.
  • Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786
  • Edwards, Julian, 1855-1910
Description
1 preliminary leaf, score (293 pages); 34 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Julian Edwards Collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Operas.
  • Scores.
Note
  • Full score.
  • "Représentée pour la 1ere fois par l'Académie Royale de Musique le 30 avril 1776" - on title page.
  • Libretto by Calsabigi translated by DuRoullet.
  • "The French Alceste had a new text by Roullet...based on Calzabigi's libretto; but alterations to the plot and the order of events led to major differences between the two" - information from Grove/Oxford Music Online.
  • Date based on Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français (1979), v. 1 / Anik Devriès-Lesure.
  • "Le premier acte este gravé par Mme. Lobry" - at foot of page 1.
Indexed In (note)
  • RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales)
Language (note)
  • French words
Provenance (note)
  • NYPL copy from the library of Julian Edwards, 1914; inside cover contains his bookplace; his signature at the top of the title page.
Call Number
JOG 21-251
OCLC
84060420
Author
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, composer.
Title
Alceste : tragédie : opera en trois actes / par Gluck.
Publisher
A Paris : Chez Boieldieu jeune, Rue de Richelieu, no. 80, au coin de celle Feydeau, [between 1811 and 1817]
Type of Content
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales), A/I, G 2642
RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales), 990021773
Language
French words
Provenance
NYPL copy from the library of Julian Edwards, 1914; inside cover contains his bookplace; his signature at the top of the title page.
Local Note
Former classmark: Mus. Res. *MSI
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Local Subject
Opera ballet. Alceste.
Added Author
Lobry, Anne-Élisabeth, 1773-1823, engraver.
Based on (work): Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795. Alceste.
Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786, librettist.
Edwards, Julian, 1855-1910, former owner.
Publisher No.
2 Boieldieu jeune
Research Call Number
JOG 21-251
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