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18671298Philadelphia: Ledger Job Printing Office 1867. <p>8vo. 220 x 145 mm. 8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches. 21pp. Stitched single gathering on ivory stock inserted within glued cover of blue-gray paper of same weight. Libretto is solid and relatively unsoiled; substantial closed tear runs halfway up the back cover at the binding fold. Front cover shows post-publication stamp of “Henry McCaffrey Music Publisher Baltimore.â€<br /> <br /> Printing unknown. This libretto accompanied performances of Norma by the Richings English Opera Company. The predominance of New York City in the advertising inside the front and rear covers points to Manhattan but Philadelphia seems to be the spot as the Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin of November 15 1867 declares in its “Amusements†column on that day that “The opera of Norma was given last evening at the Academy of Music by the Richings troupe in a very acceptable manner.â€</p> . Ledger Job Printing Office unknown
18202508040020A La Lyre Moderne Rue Vivienne No 6 A Paris 1820. Hardcover. Good. Folio; 34 cm. Bound in contemporary leather backed red boards. Corners bumped. Hardcover. 1 score 255 177 pages. Toning. Scattered spotting. "Represente pour la premiere fois a Nimes par les Comediens sous la direction de Mr. A. Singier le 31 Decembre 1818" - on title page. Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on La folle journe our Le mariage de Figaro / Beaumarchais - Grove Dictionary of Music. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. A La Lyre Moderne, Rue Vivienne, No 6, A Paris hardcover
1870SP39-0142-14198Colombier 1870. Hardcover. Good. Libretto in French. 1870 Colombier Paris 7 1/2 x 11 inches tall beige cloth hardcover appears recently rebound with refreshed marbled endpapers 4 371 pp. Intermittent light foxing throughout especially to front and rear prelims. Moderate soiling and edge-chipping to front prelims including title page which has a blue Columbier publisher's stamp at the bottom. Moderate to heavy edge chipping to last 10 pages especially lower tips not impacting text. Otherwise a very good copy of this scarce imprint handsomely bound. ~SP39~ 4.0P Les brigands The Bandits is an opera bouffe or operetta by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy. Meilhac and Halevy's libretto lampoons both serious drama Schiller's play The Robbers and opera comique Fra Diavolo and Les diamants de la couronne by Auber. The plot is cheerfully amoral in its presentation of theft as a basic principle of society rather than as an aberration. As Falsacappa the brigand chieftain notes: 'Everybody steals according to their position in society.' The piece premiered in Paris in 1869 and has received periodic revivals in France and elsewhere both in French and in translation. Les brigands has a more substantial plot than many Offenbach operettas and integrates the songs more completely into the story. The forces of law and order are represented by the bumbling carabinieri whose exaggerated attire delighted the Parisian audience during the premiere. In addition to policemen financiers receive satiric treatment. The satire counterpoints lively musical romps and the frequent use of Italian and Spanish rhythms; 'Soyez pitoyables' is a true canon and each act finale is a well-developed whole. A 1983 New York Times article theorized that the music of the piece influenced Bizet in writing Carmen and noted that the librettists for this work supplied Bizet's libretto but standard Offenbach references do not mention any such influence. Colombier hardcover
