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183525783Paris: Pacini PNs 2900-2915 1835. Folio. Half brown morocco with green doublure-patterned cloth boards raised bands on spine in compartments gilt with titling gilt green marbled endpapers. 1f. fine full-page lithographic frontispiece portrait of Luigi Lablache as Henry VIII by Achille Devéria 1800-1857 printed by Lemercier 1f. title 1f. biography of Anna Bolena i thematic index and cast list 2-232 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Each piece with its own separate plate number. "Dixwell" in ink in manuscript in a contemporary hand to title and first preliminary leaf; "Esther B. Owen Buckland Connecticut 1889" in pencil to second preliminary leaf.<br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn and rubbed. Outer margins of some leaves slightly dampstained; occasional light foxing heavier to some leaves. First French Edition of the first version but c.f. OCLC nos. 82955319 498273921. OCLC no. 20150421. Lesure p. 333-334. Angeloni et al. p. 152.<br/><br/>Anna Bolena to a libretto by Felice Romani after Ippolito Pindemonte was first performed at the Teatro Carcano in Milan on December 26 1830. "This was Donizetti's first great international success giving him his initial exposure to Paris and London audiences. Pasta Anne and Rubini Percy sang in the première. Immensely popular for almost half a century it re-entered the modern repertory following a triumphant revival at La Scala with Callas in 1957. Since then the work has proved a favourite vehicle for such bel canto specialists as Sutherland Sills and Caballé." William Ashbrook in Grove Music Online. Pacini [PNs 2900-2915] unknown books
184228417Milano: Ricordi PNs 13931-55 1842. Oblong folio. Contemporary dark blue cloth with decorative blindstamping gilt rules to edges and spine "E.P. Mavromihali" stamped in gilt to upper. 1f. title within decorative dark yellow border ii recto named cast list verso listing 25 numbers 3-275 pp. Engraved. Each individual number with separate pagination. With overpaste of the contemporary music seller Domenico Vicentini of Trieste to title. <br/><br/>Cast list includes Eugenia Tadolini as Linda Agostino Rovere Napoleone Moriani Prospero Derivis Felice Varese and Marietta Brambilla.<br/><br/>With early musical embellishments to Linda's part in Number 12 p. 127 and additional occasional performance markings in pencil. <br/><br/>Binding worn rubbed and bumped at extremities. Slightly worn; some minor foxing; minor thumbing to lower outer corners; very minor staining to lower margin of final leaves; occasional vertical creasing; upper margin trimmed occasionally just affecting printed area and titles but with no loss of music. Second edition first Italian edition published just months after the first edition published in Vienna in May of 1842. Bergamo catalogue 46. Inzaghi IN. 73 p. 192. Crawford pp. 146-7 incorrectly describing this as the first edition. <br/><br/>A melodramma semiserio in three acts to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi after Adolphe-Philippe d'Ennery and Gustave Lemoine's play La grace de Dieu Linda di Chamounix was first performed in Vienna at the Kartnerthortheater on May 19 1842. <br/><br/>"The score of Linda is a monument to Donizetti's unfailing good taste from the finely crafted overture to the final ensemble. Along with Bellini Donizetti epitomized the Italian Romantic spirit of the 1830s. If Bellini expressed Italian Romanticism in its most concentrated form Donizetti compensated by a greater versatility and resource and a stronger feeling for dramatic movement. He also had the benefit of a more thorough musical training under Mayr and Mattei and this contributed much to his superior fluency of technique and invention." TNG II online. Ricordi [PNs 13931-55] unknown books
1865235590Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co 1865. First edition front wrapper without portrait of Lincoln appearing in later issues. Engraved title and piano score; 5 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Loose as issued; split along spine with some chipping to extremities. First edition front wrapper without portrait of Lincoln appearing in later issues. Engraved title and piano score; 5 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Donizetti died 17 years before Lincoln having gone mad from syphilis. His Funeral March gained a measure of recognition in America after it was performed during Lincoln's funeral ceremonies. It is a heavy solemn piece in a minor with droning octaves in the bass a haunting chromatic figure in the middle register and a lyrical upper voice. see Barret Sale Lot 693; Stern Collection of Lincolniana Oliver Ditson & Co unknown books
