Giacomo Meyerbeer (Composer), J C Fryer (Opera Company), and The Academy of Music (New York)Biblio.com
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1873005672The Academy of Music. Mr. J. C. Fryer's Grand 'Wagner' and 'Meyerbeer' Opera Festival: Libretto and Parlor Pianist Front Cover The Huguenots: A Serious Opera in Five Acts As Represented at the Royal Italian Opera House London and The Academy of Music New York Title Page 1873. A left-stitched soft cover measuring 6-7/8" by 10" and containing 40 pages including interior paginated pages as well as outer covers. The front cover reads: "The Only Correct and Authentic Edition - Mr. J. C. Fryer's Grand 'Wagner' and 'Meyerbeer' Opera Festival - Libretto and Parlor Pianist. The Original German Libretto with a correct English Translation and the Principal Airs and Gems of the Opera arranged as Piano-Forte Solos by distinguished Professors. Huguenots. Published at The Theatre Ticket Office No. 111 Broadway New York." The Title Page reads: "The Huguenots. Die Hugenotten. A Serious Opera in Five Acts. The Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer. As Represented at the Royal Italian Opera House London and The Academy of Music New York. New York: Published at the Academy of Music." No date although late 1873 or very early 1874 published shortly following the performance at The Academy of Music. The contents are as follows: splendid illustrated advertisement for Weber Grand Square and Upright Piano-Fortes to inside front cover; Title Page; advertisement The Weber Piano-Fortes: Opinions of the most Distinguished Artists the latest of which is dated December 6 1873; Dramatis Personae; Argument; the complete opera The Huguenots - Die Hugenotten in Five Acts with German verse on left pages and English verse on right pages; Die Hugenotten Musical Score; advertisement for Weber to inside rear cover and rear cover "'Weber' of New York Receives the Highest Award at the U.S. Centennial Commission". Condition: front and rear covers soiled but not badly and not impacting the often bold cover typeface; covers show narrow chipping along lower overhang short closed edge tear periodic narrow chips along outer spine; the lightest of foxing to interior pages. Exceptionally rare. . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1873. The Academy of Music paperback
1898120815Buenos Aires Litografia Blanchi. Granzini y Volante 1898. In 8° massimo brossura in cromolitografia con belle immagini ai due piatti. Pp. 12 con al centro la composizione nominativa per palchi degli abbonati e la composizione nominativa dell'orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera. Le pagine sono una grande miniera di notizie sulla vita commerciale di Buenos Aires sono infatti tutte pubblicità di vario formato alcune con figure di negozi e aziente della città Buenos Aires, Litografia Blanchi. Granzini y Volante unknown
1882biblio669<p>Wrapper good has some tears and small pieces missing around the edges. Book has some creased and bent page corners. First four pages have a half inch closed tear along the bottom edge. 238 pp. approx. 10" X 7".</p> Oliver Diston Co. paperback
1873360111873. GOUNOD<br /> Faust. Opera 5 felvonásban. Göthe Után irták Barbier Gyula és Carré Mih. Forditotta Ormai. Zenéje Gounod Károlytól. Pest: Nyomatott Emich Gusztáv 1864. <br /> Octavo. Plain dark pink wrappers. 35 pp.<br /> Faust was Performed in Hungary for the first time on 2 September 1863. <br /> <br /> MEYERBEER<br /> Proféta. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Egressy Bèni ès Szerdahelyi. Zenéjét szerzé Meyerbeer. Pest: Nyomatott Herz Jánosnál 1856.<br /> Octavo. Plain light green wrappers. 3 pp.<br /> Le Prophete was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 June 1850.<br /> <br /> MEYERBEER<br /> Hugonotok. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Nádaskai Lajos. Zenéjét Mayerbeer!. Pesten: Nyomatott Lukács Lászlónál 1852.<br /> Octavo. Plain ivory wrappers. 48 pp. <br /> Les Huguenots was performed in Hungary for the first time on 6 November 1852. <br /> <br /> THOMAS<br /> Mignon. Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Göthe "Meister Vilmos Tanuló Évei" czimü regénye után irták Carré es Barbier. Forditotta Ormai Ferencz. Zenejét szerzé Thomas Ambrus. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinand 1873.<br /> Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 36 pp.<br /> Mignon was performed in Hungary for the first time on 20 September 1873.<br /> <br /> WAGNER<br /> Tannhäuser; és a Wartburgi Dalnok Verseny Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Szövegét s zenéjét irta Wagner Richard. Magyarra forditotta Ãbrányi Kornél. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinánd 1871.<br /> Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 20 pp.<br /> Tannhäuser was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 March 1871.<br /> <br /> Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Some browning and foxing. From the first or early performances of these operas in Hungary. unknown
185723116Albany New York: The Argus Company Print 1857. 1 vols. ca. 4 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. Some light discoloration else a very good copy. 1 vols. ca. 4 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. A Benefit for Charles Fechter. The fourth season for the Opera House. Leland Opera House. <br/><br/> The Argus Company Print unknown
189967598The American Theatre January 1899. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Inscribed on blank facing page ' To Homer Bassford Esq St. Louis Oct 21st 1899. Compliments M.Southwell Manager C.S.Op. Co. Bassford was general manager of the St. Louis Times. book has some dusting to cover and spine edges otherwise tight and clean The American Theatre hardcover
1883005670New York NY: Metropolitan Printing and Engraving Establishment. Offered is "The Princess of the Canaries: Opera Bouffe in Three Acts and Four Tableaux - Libretto by A. Duru and H. Chivot Music by Charles Lecocq - As Originally Performed for the First Time in America by Mr. Maurice Grau's French Opera Company at the Fifth Avenue Theatre on Monday Evening Sept. 10th 1883" published in 1883 by the Metropolitan Printing and Engraving Establishment out of New York City. A left-stitched soft cover measuring 6-1/2" by 9-7/8" and containing 76 pages including interior paginated pages as well as blue covers. Printed directly following the first performance in the United States by Maurice Grau's French Opera Company at the Fifth Avenue Theatre New York on Monday evening September 10 1883 it contains a list of Characters on the first inside page; the remaining pages contain the complete opera in three acts with dialogue and lyrics no music in both French and English with the French version appearing on the left page and the English version appearing on the right page. The rear cover contains a splendid vintage ad with illustration of "Weber Grand Square and Upright Pianos" "Most Delicate and Impressive Effect". Condition: the front cover is nearly detached but present; narrow chips along outer fold; covers lightly soiled; short closed edge tear and a few corner creases; closed tear to mid-rear cover; interior pages lightly foxed. Exceptionally rare. . Good. Wraps. 1st Edition. 1883. Metropolitan Printing and Engraving Establishment paperback
188833019Boston MA: circa 1888. 1888. Very good. - Sepia-toned cabinet photograph by Conly 5-1/2 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide mounted on a card 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide with the cast and credits of "Prince Kam; or A Trip to Venus" printed on the verso Signed "Sincerely yours / Camille D'Arville" below the photo. There is some very light foxing & soiling to the verso. Very good. <p>The copy on the verso of the photograph states that this card is a souvenir of the 75th performance at the Park Theatre Boston of Rice's comic opera 'Venus' with libretto by Charles Alfred Byrne and Louis Harrison and music by Gustave Kerker. As the star Camille D'Arville is listed separately at the foot of the cast list. She plays Prince Kam son and heir of Poom the Grand Llama of Thibet. The photo is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a distinctly womanly D'Arville wearing an embroidered cap on her mop of short curly hair and a doublet with puffed sleeves elaborately jeweled around the collar.<p>Born Neeltye Dykstra in the Netherlands Camille D'Arville studied music in Amsterdam and made her debut there in concert in 1877. She appeared in London toured the English provinces and came to the United States in 1888 under the management of J. F. Duff.<p>The photographer Charles F. Conly 1846-1892 was best known for his theatrical photographs. Boston, MA: circa (1888). unknown
1865A114072Melbourne: Abbott & Co. 1865. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 22pp. Wrappers rather worn but complete & tight. Very scarce Abbott & Co. unknown
1873A114407Melbourne: Azzopardi Hildreth & Co. 1873. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 23pp. Complete & tight. Very scarce Azzopardi, Hildreth & Co. unknown
1867A114289Sydney: Gibbs Shalllard & Co. 1867. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 36pp. Advertisements inside & on the rear wrapper suggests that this is for a Sydney performance. Wrappers loose & rather worn but complete & tight. Very scarce Gibbs, Shalllard & Co. unknown
1870A114288Sydney: Gibbs Shalllard & Co. 1870. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 24pp. ÔFirst produced in Australia at the Prince of Wales Opera House Sydney May 1870Õ. Advertisement for the opening of the new Melbourne Town Hall on the rear wrapper suggests that this is for a Melbourne performance. Wrappers rather worn but complete & tight. Very scarce Gibbs, Shalllard & Co. unknown
188940924London: John C. Nimmo 1889. Paper. Good/No Jacket. Wrappers 32 cm Decorated wraps 4 pages plus 3 full page hand colored illustrations. Part 5 only Margot a comedy in three acts in prose by M. Henri Meilhac represented for the first time at the Comedie-Francaise Paris on the 18th January 1890. Illustrations by MM. Lebegue and Riverend and signed in the plates. Good. John C. Nimmo unknown
1850835A67New York: Printed for Stringer and Townsend c1850. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5" . Not Stated . First and second series of this work concerned with the New York scene by Donald Gran Mitchell. Complete with two volumes both the first and second series. Comprising travel letters and journalistic articles mainly dedicated to the New York scene. Written by American essayist Donald Grant Mitchell published anonymously under 'An Opera Goer.' The second edition of this work with frontispieces and illustrations throughout. Dated from Jisc. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with shelf wear bumped to head and tail of spine chipped along front joint second series boards lightly marked. Internally firmly bound. Spotting throughout. Very Good Printed for Stringer and Townsend hardcover
1827AQ21248London: S. G. Fairbrother 1827. Single leaf broadside. All edges uncut. Some spotting very short tear to one margin. An apparently unrecorded playbill advertising a staging at the English Opera House of William Moncrieff's 1794-1857 popular Monsieur Tonson a two-act farce first performed in 1821 with Mary Anne Goward 1805-1899 in the lead female role. In 1829 Goward married actor Robert Keeley 1793-1869 who also appears on the present bill as part of a 'new musical farce' Before Breakfast! Two further comic pieces were a part of the night's proceedings the performances interspersed with the overtures to Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte and Figaro. . Dimensions 215 x 350 mm. S. G. Fairbrother unknown
188756496N.p. Providence 1887. Folio broadside approx. 12" x 4¾" text in a single column beneath the running head light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish comedy in four acts a summary of which is appended as well as a list of the Providence Opera House Orchestra and an announcement of two matinees Atkinson's Aphrodite and Peck's Bad Boy. unknown
1886100911<p>November 21 1886. 1886. Good. - Franco Novara's autograph boldly penned on 3-1/2 inch high by 4-1/2 inch card stock clipped from an album and mounted onto slightly larger card stock. Signed and dated "Franco Novara / 21. Nov. 1886. / New York". Mounted on the verso of the mount is the pianist Madeline Schiller's autograph penned on 3-1/2 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide card stock signed "Very Sincerely / Madeline Schiller". There is offsetting to the card signed by Novara and remnants of paper adhere to the right edge of the card bearing Schiller's signature with some offsetting along the left edge of that card. Good.</p><p>The English bass Francis Naish sang under the stage name Francis Novara 1859-1899. He was known for his performance as the devilish Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust" which opened on October 22 1883 as the first opera in the Metropolitan Opera's first season.</p><p>The English-born pianist Madeline Schiller 1843-1911 went to Leipzig to study with Ignaz Moscheles making her debut there with Mendolssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 on January 23 1862. She returned to London to perform there as well as Australia. She married Marcus Elmer Bennett of Boston and moved to the United States in 1873 performing in New York. She returned to Europe for a while after her husband's death mostly in France before returning to New York to perform the premiere of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 where she remained.</p> November 21, 1886.
188356458Providence 1883. Folio broadside approx. 13" x 5¾" text in a single column beneath the running head; light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish drama in three acts made for the benefit of the Brownson Lyceum as well as a synopsis of each of the three acts and seat prices. The Irish poet Oscar Wilde had lectured at Low's the preceding September. unknown
180831530Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud 1808. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary blue morocco-backed boards maroon morocco label. Some rubbing some light spotting and soiling primarily margina else very good. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. A poem written in praise to the two male dancers Vestris and Duport. Chez Giguet et Michaud unknown
183836247Girard: Naples 1838. Oblong quarto. Contemporary quarter dark brown calf with green textured paper boards decorative dark brown leather label to upper with "Costanza Angelillo" gilt spine in decorative compartments gilt. Occasional secondary pagination.<br /> <br /> Contains:<br /> Pacini Giovanni 1796-1867<br /> Merope Grand Opera . arrangé pour Piano solo. PNs 8867-8879. Ca. 1848. 1f. recto title verso blank 1 list of subscribers as of 24 December 1847 18 numbers in piano score with occasional text. Subscribers include Filippo Angelillo in all likelihood related to Costanza Angelillo owner of the volume. Merope in 3 acts to a libretto by Cammarano after Voltaire was first performed in Naples at the Teatro S Carlo on 25 November 1847.<br /> <br /> Pacini<br /> Saffo . Souvenirs. Choeur de femmes. Musical manuscript. 1f. recto title on light green paper verso blank 6 pp.<br /> <br /> Donizetti Gaetano 1797-1848<br /> Roberto Devereux . Représenté au théâtre Royal de St. Charles le 28 Octobre 1837 . L'opéra entier . D.2.50. . 1er -2ème cahier. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-19 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 18 pp. PNs 3939-3943. Ca. 1838.<br /> <br /> Donizetti<br /> No. 8. Cavatine PN 6045. Ca. 1843. 6 pp. 1f. From Don Pasquale.<br /> <br /> Donizetti<br /> Linda di Chamounix Nouvel opéra . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title verso blank. Cavatine O luce di quest' anima Ajoutée à Paris pour Mme. Persiani-Tacchinardi et chantée à Naples par Mme. Tadolini. 4 pp. PN 5863; No. 14 Air Final du 2ème Acte de Linda . A consolarmi affrettati Chanté par Mme. Tadolini. 8 pp. PN 5685. Ca. 1840. 2 numbers in total.<br /> <br /> Donizetti<br /> Lucia di Lammermoor. No. 4. Duo chanté par Mme. Tacchinardi et par Duprez. 9-18 pp. PN 3953; Grand opéra . arrangé par piano solo. 1f. recto title verso blank 9-15 i blank pp. PN 3962. Ca. 1838. 2 numbers in total.<br /> <br /> Verdi Giuseppe 1813-1901<br /> I Due Foscari. No. 14 Choeur d'Introduction Allagioia. 4 pp. PN 6884; No. 2 Cavatine de Jacopo Dal più remoto esilio Chantée à Naples par Fraschini. 10 pp. PN 6875; No. 3 Choeur et Cavatine de Lucrezia Tu al cui sguardo Chantée à Naples par Mme. Bishop. 7 i blank pp. PN 6876; No. 6 Duo de Lucrezia et du Doge Tu pur lo sai Chanté à Naples par Mme. Bishop et Coletti. 9 i blank pp. PN 6879/ Ca. 1845. 4 numbers in total.<br /> <br /> Verdi<br /> Ernani . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title on light blue paper within decorative border verso blank. No. 12 Suite et Stretta No vendetta. 4 pp. PN 6647; No. 14 Duo final d'Ernani et de Silva Esci a te scegli segimi. 9 i blank pp. PN 6604; No. 15. Air final de Mme. Toldi Se crudele il cor mostrai. 4 pp. PNs 4312 3222; No. 3 Cavatine tyrolienne de Mme. Toldi In questo semplice. 7 i blank pp. PNs 4302 3221. 4 numbers in total.<br /> <br /> Bellini Vincenzo 1801-1835<br /> I Puritani. No. 18 Duo Il rival salvar tu dei Chanté Par Tamburini et Lablache. 12 pp. PNs 4167 2765. Ca. 1842. 1 number in total.<br /> <br /> Mercadante Saverio 1795-1870<br /> l Giuramento. . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title listing the 21 numbers in the opera verso blank No. 4. Quatuor Vicino a chi si adora. 5 i blank pp. PN 4115. Ca. 1847. 1 number in total.<br /> <br /> Binding very slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Occasional light foxing. A clean wide-margined copy overall. An attractively-bound collection. Naples unknown
188655097Denver: Denver Lith. Co 1886. 1 vols. 10 in x 7 in lithographed card with printed silk cover overlay. One inch tear in card at fold silk spotted with creases and very small holes. 1 vols. 10 in x 7 in lithographed card with printed silk cover overlay. Denver Lith. Co unknown
1897WA6771New York: G. Schirmer 1897. Hardcover. Fair. 4to quarter morocco lacks spine floral cloth very edgeworn. Used as a scrapbook or souvenir book. Unique. <br/><br/>Ex libris Emílie Pavlína Venceslava Kittlová aka Emmy Destinn aka Ema Destinnova. As you know she was famed for her portrayal of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1908. This book bears a two-line inked inscription with her signature dated 11 November 1908 on the blank page. Tipped into the book are 5 official portrait photographs of her in costume. At least two of them are by H. Mishkin New York City. Also tipped-in or laid in are clippings and images of other Aida and operatic performers. Also glued in are reviews of her performances in English and in Czech from a Chicago magazine. Also included are all or parts of printed programs. G. Schirmer hardcover
18448333London. David Bogue. 1844. Lavishly bound in sumptuous tri-gilt ruled full crimson calfskin. Gilt tooled fleurette motifs to corners of front and rear covers. Elaborate gilt ruled spine compartments with intensely ornate gilt tooled fleural vignettes. Gilt tooled raised bands. Decorative gilt tooled and titled morocco label. Elaborate and ornate paneled turn-ins. Marbled endsheets. a.e.g. 4to. 7.25" x 10.75". The First Edition. Illustrated with ten full page illuminated steel plate engravings and further throughout by various wood engravings en texte. Elaborate multi-chromatic decorative borders to each page. A Fabulous production detailing the mid-Victorian Opera and Ballet featuring plate engravings of notable singers dancers and productions. With its high gloss engravings whimsical en texte woodcuts and highly stylized colour page borders this volume represents one of the finest examples of Victorian book design. Niles and Leslie V1-225; Moroda-1272. Some darkening and/or mild scuffing to covers. Hinges present previous repairs but are tight and firm. Corners gently bumped. Head and tail pieces lightly chipped. A very Good copy of this breathtaking work. David Bogue. hardcover
1818D7301Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio 330 x 240mm. 184 pages. Complete vocal score. Notated music. Added engraved title page: Il dissoluto punito; osia Il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due Atti posto in Musica da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ridotto per il Pianoforte da A.E. Müller with vignette of Don Giovanni scene by Fr. Bolt after Kininger Pr. 4 Rthlr. Italian-German text. Richly bound in crushed green morocco handsomely gilt with device of lyre and central lozenge on front and rear covers spine done in the same and lettered in gilt Don Juan Mozart speckled edges; toned and only lightly foxed few pages margins lightly torn or with paper repairs not frequent good with all with engraved music otherwise. <br/><br/>1818 Leipzig printing for the vocal score of Mozarts famous opera Don Giovanni. Italian librettos were translated into German owing to the growing popularity of opera in Germany during the last decade of the 18th century; contemporary to Mozarts death in 1791. Mozart immediately accepted at least the title under which on of his works would become known in the German-speaking countries: writing home on 3 October 1790 he reported on Tuesday the theatrical company of the elector of Mainz are performing my Don Juan. German communities variously received Mozarts operas; the battle between the aristocratic and bourgeois audiences raged to and fro. When Don Juan played for the first time in the Frankfurt theater it was deemed suitable for the general public but not for its educated section. Yet the critics could all concede of Mozarts popularity and that the subject matter turned the heads of the public. This fine well-preserved dual text is an early and complete keyboard transcription of the opera. It gives Lorenzo da Ponte's original Italian with the German translation by Schröder underneath. Excellent piece of music history and staple of the standard operatic repertoire. Breitkopf & Härtel hardcover
188019742<p><strong>Superb huge lithographed poster for a ball at the Opéra Garnier by painter and poster artist Edouard Charles Lucas 1866-1925 aka Charle Lucas.</strong></p> Impr. Chardin 17 passage Daudin
