Record ID
71138
Accession number
PMC 310-11
Creator
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Object title
Le prophète : opéra en cinq actes / paroles de E. Scribe ; musique de Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Uniform title
Prophète
Published
Paris : Brandus : Troupenas, [1851?]
Notes
"Représenté pour la première fois au Théâtre du Grand Opéra de Paris le 16 avril 1849."
Probable first edition.
"As the business of Troupenas et Cie. was sold in July, 1850, to Brandus et Cie., Jean-Marie Martin ... considers the edition mentioning Troupenas et Cie. as a copublisher earlier [than the edition with Brandus & Cie. alone]"--Fuld, p. 186.
"Personnages" and "Catalogue des morceaux": p. [3]; "No 1. (B) Cavatine de Berthe": p. 1-18 (3rd group); "Supplément. (No 1)": p. 1-3 (4th group); "Supplément. (No 2)": p. 1-10 (5th group).
Page numbers are faint or missing entirely[?] on many pages; many have separate pagination.
In Library's copy, page numbers added by hand in ink where not printed.
Probable first edition.
"As the business of Troupenas et Cie. was sold in July, 1850, to Brandus et Cie., Jean-Marie Martin ... considers the edition mentioning Troupenas et Cie. as a copublisher earlier [than the edition with Brandus & Cie. alone]"--Fuld, p. 186.
"Personnages" and "Catalogue des morceaux": p. [3]; "No 1. (B) Cavatine de Berthe": p. 1-18 (3rd group); "Supplément. (No 1)": p. 1-3 (4th group); "Supplément. (No 2)": p. 1-10 (5th group).
Page numbers are faint or missing entirely[?] on many pages; many have separate pagination.
In Library's copy, page numbers added by hand in ink where not printed.
Associated names
Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861, librettist.
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