SABATTIER J.-B.Livre Rare Book
Giacomo Meyerbeer (Composer), J C Fryer (Opera Company), and The Academy of Music (New York)Biblio.com
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
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
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