Record ID
114212
Creator
Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Biographical Data
Italian composer.
Object title
Sketches for Il pirata, act 1 : autograph manuscript, 1827?
Uniform title
Pirata. Atto 1o. Introduzione (Sketches)
Date
1827?
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Gordon P. Getty and Laurence D. Lovett.
Inscriptions/Markings
In the right margin of p. 1: "Pirata--Autografo di Vincenzo Bellini, donato mi dall'avvo. Fran/cesco Chiarenza il 23 febbo. 1886.--Prof. AAmore."
Notes
Sketches for the "Introduzione" of Act I, beginning with the words "[la] speme contrasta con l'onde" (p. 22 in the first-edition piano-vocal score), and ending with "la nobil signora" (first edition, p. 25), followed by two variant settings of "notizia del caso ... la nobil signora."
On staff 14 of the recto is a draft of Gualtiero's "la mia vita omai dipende da Imogene ..." from the opening number of the opera (first edition, p. 36).
Libretto by F. Romani.
On staff 14 of the recto is a draft of Gualtiero's "la mia vita omai dipende da Imogene ..." from the opening number of the opera (first edition, p. 36).
Libretto by F. Romani.
Associated names
Romani, Felice, 1788-1865, librettist.
Chiarenza, Francesco, former owner.
Amore, Antonio, former owner.
Getty, Gordon, donor.
Lovett, Laurence D., donor.
Chiarenza, Francesco, former owner.
Amore, Antonio, former owner.
Getty, Gordon, donor.
Lovett, Laurence D., donor.
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