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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 · 005672 — The 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