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Hal welch ein reizendes Bild stellt dem trunkenen Auge sich dar, from Meyerbeer's Huguenots (album leaf) : manuscript in the hand of Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, 1851 Oct. 6.

Record ID
228728
Creator
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Biographical Data
German composer.
Object title

Hal welch ein reizendes Bild stellt dem trunkenen Auge sich dar, from Meyerbeer's Huguenots (album leaf) : manuscript in the hand of Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, 1851 Oct. 6.

Uniform title
Huguenots (Album leaf)
Date
1851 Oct. 6.
Inscriptions/Markings
At the top: "Huguenotten [sic]." At the end: "À mon aimable joueur de Viole d'amour qui est capable de faire revivre l'amour de la viole Son bien affectionné G. Roger Berlin 6 8bre 1851."
Notes
Nine measures in vocal score with the text "Ha! welch ein reizendes Bild stellt dem trunkenen Auge sich dar," the German version of the recitative preceding Raoul's Act 1 Romanze "Ihr Wangenpaar wie zwei blühende Rosen" in Meyerbeer's opera.
Roger writes it in D♭; it is in D in the published score.
Associated names
Roger, Gustave-Hippolyte, 1815-1879, transcriber.
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Huguenots. Selections. German.
Ganz, Leopold, 1806-1869, former owner.