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188028527Paris: Au Ménestrel Heugel et Fils PN H. 5065 1880. Large octavo. Original publisher's red cloth-backed dark ivory wrappers illustrated by Barbizet. 1f. decorative half-title 1f. decorative title printed in light purple and gold 1f. notes on first performance named cast list and contents 353 i blank pp. Some leaves unopened.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Talazac Taskin Bibaut-Vauchelet Engally Mirane Dalbret A. Maris Grivot E. Gourdon and Troy.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; several small chips to margins. Remnants of small label to upper margin of half-title; small publisher's rectangular handstamp to title; first two signatures mostly detached; minor damage and small labels to lower outer margin of last five leaves. First Edition second issue.<br/><br/>Jean de Nivelle an immediate success in 1880 "combines a weightier tone after the manner of Meyerbeer and Lalo with a disconcertingly light style in such pieces as 'Moi! j'aime le bruit de bataille'. The chorus 'Nous sommes les reines d'un jour' is set to shifting time signatures and a modal melody of striking originality." Hugh Macdonald in Grove Music Online. Au Ménestrel, Heugel et Fils [PN H. 5065] unknown books