Record ID
115574
Accession number
Cary 252
Creator
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Biographical Data
Italian composer.
Object title
Edipo a Colono : autograph manuscript, 1817?
Uniform title
Edipo a Colono
Date
1817?
Provenance
Gabussi; E. Masset; Brandus.
Inscriptions/Markings
On the cover: "Cori dell'edipo a Colono posti in musica dal Mro Rossini a. 1817." On a preliminary leaf is a note, in another hand, signed by Rossini: "Je soussigné, G. Rossini, compositeur de musique, autorise Mons. Masset, à graver dans la forme qu'il voudra, mon manuscrit d'Œdipe à Colonne, qu'il a acheté de Mons. Gabussi, et je m'engage à reconnaître les cessions qu'il pourrait en faire à l'étranger. Paris le 28 Juillet 1843. Gioachino Rossini." Below that is another note: "Offert à Mons. Brandus, mon successeur. Souvenir d'amitié et de très bonnes relations, par E. Masset."
Notes
Incidental music for the play by Giuseppe Giusti, after Sophocles.
Full score.
Ms., partly autograph; cover text in another hand.
Full score.
Ms., partly autograph; cover text in another hand.
Associated names
Giusti, Giuseppe, 1809-1850.
Gabussi, former owner.
Masset, E., former owner.
Brandus, former owner.
Gabussi, former owner.
Masset, E., former owner.
Brandus, former owner.
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