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177032214Paris: Aux Adresses ordinaires . Lion M. Castaud . M. Serrieres 1770. Folio. Full contemporary green vellum with octagonal cut paper label to upper with titling in manuscript. 1f. rec to title verso dedication 134 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>With overpaste of Parisian music publisher "Bailleux" to imprint. <br/><br/>From the collection of the American composer and conductor Gene Forrell 1915-2005 with his signature and embossed London address to endpapers.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; vellum to hinge and upper board split. Light uniform browning. First Edition second issue. Lesure p. 263. Sonneck: Dramatic Music p. 69. Hirsch II 361. RISM G4438.<br/><br/>Silvain to a libretto by Marmontel after S. Gessner's Erast was first performed in Paris at the Comedie Italienne Bourgogne on February 19 1770.<br/><br/>"Grétry's operas which enjoyed such a vogue in France. cannot be judged without the contribution of his librettists. Nevertheless full credit must be given to his own contributions to the planning partly revealed in his Réflexions d'un solitaire as well as his unrelenting desire to extend the scope of both opéra comique and opéra. Grétry's very attractive melodic gift was an essential ingredient and helps justify the occasional revival of his music. With his librettists he brought to life a range of splendidly imagined characters ranging from bumpkins to monarchs or from a rebellious female warrior to the murderous Bluebeard. His best scores had wide currency especially in Germany: it is hard to imagine the evolution of opéra comique and Romantic opera in general without the part played by his works." David Charlton in Grove Music Online. Aux Adresses ordinaires ... Lion M. Castaud ... M. Serrieres unknown books
190528510Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 10754 1905. Large octavo. Full red cloth with titling to spine gilt original publisher's illustrated wrappers printed in red and black bound in. 1f. recto title verso blank 1 cast list and contents 2-109 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Occasional performance annotations in blue ink.<br/><br/>Upper wrapper slightly soiled; handstamps to upper margin of front endpaper. Browned; rectangular handstamp with annotations in blue pen to upper margin of title; tape repairs to lower margin of p. 39; handstamp to verso of final leaf. Richard Coeur de Lion in three acts to a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine after an anonymous account in the Bibliothèque universelle des romans ii July 1776 pp.163-94 was first performed in Paris at the Comédie-Italienne Salle Favart on October 21 1784 with a later revision in four acts first performed in Paris at Fontainebleau on October 25 1785. Choudens [PN A.C. 10754] unknown books
176932211Paris Lion: M. Castaud 1769. Folio. Contemporary full green vellum with octagonal cut paper label titled in manuscript to upper board. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto dedication verso blank 131 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>From the collection of the American composer and conductor Gene Forrell 1915-2005 with his signature and embossed London address to endpapers. <br/><br/>With rectangular printed label of French publisher "Le Menu" to foot of title.<br/><br/>Binding moderately worn; vellum separated at spine; hinge partially split. Some worming mostly to inner margins; occasional minor tears repaired; title soiled; marginal tears to final two leaves. First Edition first issue. Lesure p. 259. Sonneck Dramatic Music p. 66 later issue. Hirsch II 339. RISM G4225. <br/><br/>Lucile to a libretto by Marmontel after his L'école des pères was first performed in Paris at the Comédie-Italiennes Hôtel de Bourgogne on January 5 1769. <br/><br/>The plot centers around the daughter of working man who enters a bourgeois family. "Lucile was Grétry's most popular opéra comique for more than ten years. Its sentimental solutions to problems of social inequity tapped enormous resources of public sympathy; audiences could identify with either party still be satisfied and emerge both 'weeping and enchanted' as described by Louis Petit de Bachaumont in his Mémoirs secrets iv 1787 pp.208-9. The music spans a considerable range of feeling and drama with Blaise's F minor character portrait 'Ah! ma femme!' as the linchpin of the whole." David Charlton in Grove Music Online. M. Castaud unknown books
193229259Paris: Choudens PN A. C. 10712 1932. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory illustrated ivory wrappers printed in black and dark brown. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto cast list and contents verso blank 163 i blank pp. Unopened.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn soiled and dampstained; handstamp to lower margin of upper. Some signatures split or partially split. Les deux avares was first performed in Paris at Fontainebleau on October 27 1770 during court celebrations of the wedding of the Dauphin and Marie Antoinette.<br/> <br/>"Grétry's gift for comedy extended widely. The epitome of his simpler comedy was Les deux avares where the physical stage situations are very well captured in music." M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and David Charlton in Grove Music Online. Choudens [PN A. C. 10712] unknown books
32128Paris Lyon: Aux Adresses ordinaires de Musique A Lion M. Castaud. Folio. Full contemporary green vellum with octagonal cut paper label titled in manuscript to upper red edges. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto dedication verso blank 135 pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>With small rectangular contemporary Parisian music seller's label to upper outer corner of verso of title: "Le Menu Auteur Editeur et Md. de Musique De Madame la Dauphine Tient Magasin de Musique Françoise Italienne; et de Papier Reglé Rue du Roule à la Clef d'or la 5ème Boutique à droite en entrant par la Rue St. Honoré. A Paris."<br/><br/>From the collection of the American composer and conductor Gene Forrell 1915-2005 with his signature and embossed London address to endpapers. <br/><br/>Binding quite worn rubbed and bumped; tears; some loss to spine; other minor defects. Slightly worn; some soiling and small stains; lower outer corners creased; single stab hole to upper inner margins; minor worming to central inner margins; title quite soiled. First Edition. Loewenberg 307. Sonneck p. 69. Lesure p. 263. BUC p. 405. Hirsch II 362. RISM G4466.<br/><br/>A comédie-parade in one act to a libretto by Louis Anseaume Le Tableau Parlant was first performed in Paris at the Comédie-Italienne Hôtel de Bourgogne on September 20 1769.<br/><br/>"The originality of Grétry's opera emphasized by Grimm in the Correspondance littéraire is founded on its witty approach to the characters: the music dovetails sudden changes in their feelings and in particular captures ironic and self-ironic expressions. The farcical side of the opera is counterbalanced by lyrical amorous duets between the two couples." Michael Fend in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>"Grétry's operas which enjoyed such a vogue in France. cannot be judged without the contribution of his librettists. Nevertheless full credit must be given to his own contributions to the planning partly revealed in his Réflexions d'un solitaire as well as his unrelenting desire to extend the scope of both opéra comique and opéra. Grétry's very attractive melodic gift was an essential ingredient and helps justify the occasional revival of his music. With his librettists he brought to life a range of splendidly imagined characters ranging from bumpkins to monarchs or from a rebellious female warrior to the murderous Bluebeard. His best scores had wide currency especially in Germany: it is hard to imagine the evolution of opéra comique and Romantic opera in general without the part played by his works." David Charlton in Grove Music Online. Aux Adresses ordinaires de Musique, A Lion M. Castaud unknown books
185329253Paris: Colombier PN C. 1638 1853. Large octavo. Half red calf with textured red paper spine in gilt-ruled compartments titling gilt. 1f. recto title printed within decorative border verso blank 1f. recto named cast list and contents verso blank 108 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Lefebvre Ponchard Bussine and Révilly.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Minor to moderate foxing; pencil annotation to free front endpaper; former owner's signature in pencil to upper margin of title partially erased; small publisher's facsimile signature handstamp to lower margin of title. First Edition. <br/><br/>First performed to a libretto by Desforge in Paris at the Comédie-Italienne on June 24 1784.<br/><br/>"Grétry made decisive contributions to the scope and style of the 18th-century opéra comique and to technical aspects such as musical 'local colour' and the design of overtures. His opéras comiques and recitative comedies for the Paris Opéra enjoyed unparalleled success in the 20 years up to the French Revolution. It is hard to imagine the evolution of opéra comique and Romantic opera in general without the part played by his works. The apex of Grétry's career saw L'épreuve villageoise and Richard Coeur-de-lion both 1784 together with contemporary successes at the Opéra: La caravane du Caire 1783 and Panurge 1785." M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and David Charlton in Grove Music Online. Colombier [PN C. 1638] unknown books
29819266 x 159 mm. Printed on china paper and laid down to mounting sheet. <br/><br/>The present engraving depicts the composer seated at a harpsichord with folio volumes most probably of music on the floor beneath the instrument. "Grétry made decisive contributions to the scope and style of the 18th-century opéra comique and to technical aspects such as musical 'local colour' and the design of overtures. His opéras comiques and recitative comedies for the Paris Opéra enjoyed unparalleled success in the 20 years up to the French Revolution. It is hard to imagine the evolution of opéra comique and Romantic opera in general without the part played by his works." M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and David Charlton in Grove Music Online. unknown books
197128748New York: Broude Brothers 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's light ivory wrappers printed in red and blue. 1f. recto half title verso blank 1f. recto title verso printer's note 1f. blank 1f. recto facsimile of title illustrated by B. Delaroche verso blank 1f. recto facsimile of dedication versio blank 1f. recto composer's note verso blank 5-11 introduction i blank i named cast list ii contents i blank 1f. full-page illustration 342 pp.<br/><br/>Named cast for the 1773 performance includes Larrivée Sophie Arnould Rosalie Beauménil Duplant La Suze and Dubois and for the 1775 performance Larrivée Levasseur Mallet Beauménil Duplant Chateauneuf and Dubois; dancers include Guimard Peslin Dorival Heinel Hidoux Vestris Gardel aîne Gardel cadet and Lefèvre.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly soiled. Very minor internal wear. Céphale et Procris a ballet-héroïque in three acts to a libretto by Marmontel after Ovid's Metamorphoses was first performed in Paris at Versailles on December 30 1773 in celebration of the marriage of the Count of Artois and Marie Thérèse of Savoy.<br/><br/>Number 13 in the Broude Brothers series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français. Broude Brothers unknown books
182029816Zwikau: Schumann 1820. 185 x 120 mm. plus good margins. Printed on wove paper within an octagonal border.<br/><br/>Grétry is depicted in later life; the present portrait was quite possibly done from life. "Grétry made decisive contributions to the scope and style of the 18th-century opéra comique and to technical aspects such as musical 'local colour' and the design of overtures. His opéras comiques and recitative comedies for the Paris Opéra enjoyed unparalleled success in the 20 years up to the French Revolution. It is hard to imagine the evolution of opéra comique and Romantic opera in general without the part played by his works." M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and David Charlton in Grove Music Online. Schumann unknown books
