Record ID
113393
Accession number
GWM L8
Creator
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Object title
Il vespro siciliano [sic] / di G. Verdi.
Uniform title
Vêpres siciliennes. Vocal score. Italian. Selections
Published
Napoli : Tramater, [ca. 1859]
Provenance
From the collection of Severino Macci.
Notes
Opera with an original French libretto by A. Scribe and C. Duveyrier. Cf. Annals of opera / Alfred Loewenberg.
Words in Italian translation.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
Each of the 13 numbers has its own caption title, price, separate pagination, and pl. no.
Set title from the caption titles of nos. 4-7, 16, 26, and 28; other forms found are: "Il vespro siciliano : dramma in 5 atti / musica del Cav.e G.e Verdi"; "Il vespro siciliano / musica di G Verdi"; and "Il vespro siciliano / del Cav.e G.e Verdi" / "del Cav.e Verdi" / "del Cav. Verdi" and / "del M.ro Verdi".
The t.p. of at least one of these volumes presents a list for this set including Nos. 4-5, 7-8, 15-16, 26-27, and 32-33 (i.e. 10 of the 13 in this "copy" of the set), and No. 34, "Sorte fatal" (not included here).
Engraved.
Early Neapolitan edition.
Pl. nos.: 4197, 4203--4205, 4207--4208, 4210, 4212--4213, 4216, 4218, 4224, 4229, and 4232--4233.
Words in Italian translation.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
Each of the 13 numbers has its own caption title, price, separate pagination, and pl. no.
Set title from the caption titles of nos. 4-7, 16, 26, and 28; other forms found are: "Il vespro siciliano : dramma in 5 atti / musica del Cav.e G.e Verdi"; "Il vespro siciliano / musica di G Verdi"; and "Il vespro siciliano / del Cav.e G.e Verdi" / "del Cav.e Verdi" / "del Cav. Verdi" and / "del M.ro Verdi".
The t.p. of at least one of these volumes presents a list for this set including Nos. 4-5, 7-8, 15-16, 26-27, and 32-33 (i.e. 10 of the 13 in this "copy" of the set), and No. 34, "Sorte fatal" (not included here).
Engraved.
Early Neapolitan edition.
Pl. nos.: 4197, 4203--4205, 4207--4208, 4210, 4212--4213, 4216, 4218, 4224, 4229, and 4232--4233.
Contents
[No. 4.] Cavatina : Deh! tu calma -- [No. 5.] Sc[ena] e Quartetto : D'ira fremo all'aspetto tremendo -- [No. 6.] Sc. e Duetto : Qual è il tuo nome -- [No. 7.] Aria con coro : O tu terra adorata -- [No. 8.] Scena e Duetto : Quale, o prode, al tuo coraggio -- [No. 10.] Tarantella del Finale II : Evviva la guerra, evviva l'amor -- [No. 15.] Recitativo ed Aria : Il braccio alle dovizie -- [No. 16.] Recitativo e Duetto : Quando al mio sen -- [No. 26.] Preludio Recit. ed Aria : Giorno di pianto -- [No. 27.] Gran Duetto : Volgi il guardo a me sereno -- [No. 28.] Addio, mia terra : Quartetto -- [No. 32.] Bolero : Il don m'è grato pregio -- [No. 33] Scena e Melodia : La brezza aleggia intorno. (Numbering from Ricordi edition of 1856[?]; in that edition, No. 4 has the title "O patria, o cara patria, alfin ti veggo" and No. 33 the title "Scendono i zeffiretti a carezzarmi il viso".)
Associated names
Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
Duveyrier, Charles, 1803-1866.
Macci, Severino, former owner.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
Duveyrier, Charles, 1803-1866.
Macci, Severino, former owner.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
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