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Vocal cadenzas written by the Marchisio sisters : manuscript, 1900 June 27.

Record ID
115226
Accession number
Cary 52
Creator
Marchisio, Barbara, 1833-1919.
Biographical Data
Italian contralto and soprano.
Object title

Vocal cadenzas written by the Marchisio sisters : manuscript, 1900 June 27.

Uniform title
Vocal music. Selections
Date
1900 June 27.
Provenance
Natale Gallini.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Cadenze e varianti Composte ed eseguite dalle sorelle Marchisio." There is a note on the title page in the hand of Barbara Marchisio dated "27 Giugno 1900 Napoli."
Notes
A collection, in a copyist's hand, of 51 cadenzas for 2 voices and about 90 for 1 voice written for Bellini, Norma and La sonnambula; Donizetti, La favorite, Linda da Chamounix, and Lucia di Lammermoor; Flotow, Martha; Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice; Kashperov, Rienzi; Mercadante, Caritea, regina di Spagna and Il giuramento; Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots, Le prophète, Robert le diable, and Il crociato in Egitto; Pacini, Saffo; Puccini, Manon Lescaut; Rossini, Bianca e Falliero, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, La donna del lago, La gazza ladra, Guillaume Tell, L'italiana in Algeri, Matilde (di) Shabran, Otello, Semiramide, Tancredi, and Zelmira; Verdi, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, and Il trovatore; L'usignuolo (by Vincenzo Valente?); and an unidentified "eco" song (or aria).
Associated names
Marchisio, Carlotta, 1835-1872.
Gallini, Natale, former owner.
Cary, Mary Flagler, former owner.