2014ref. x-1349329983Palgrave Macmillan 2014. Paperback. New. 353 pages. 11.69x8.27x0.85 inches. Palgrave Macmillan paperback
1940ref. 74419New York: Universal Art Inc. 1940-1945. First edition. 2 quarto volumes. Unpaginated but about 60 pp. each. Numerous photographic and color illustrations. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Faint bit of mustiness but very good.The Original Ballet Russe originally named Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was a ballet company established in 1931 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as a successor to the Ballets Russes founded in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev. The company assumed the new name Original Ballet Russe after a split between de Basil and Blum. De Basil led the renamed company while Blum and others founded a new company under the name Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo. It was a large scale professional ballet company which toured extensively in Europe Australia and New Zealand the United States and Central and South America. It closed down operations in 1947. They were managed n the later years by Sol Hurok From the 1941 program; Today "S. Hurok presents" has become the hallmark of excellence. Such names as Maeian Anderson Arthur Rubinstein Mischa Elman Jan Peerce the Original Don Cossack Company and Jan Kiepura all of whom are on his roster for this season are a constant reminder of the distinctive caliber of Mr. Hurok's artists." Universal Art, Inc. unknown
1949ref. SHEL1210New York: Metropolian Opera and The Texas Company Texaco 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original vintage 1949 year not printed poster of the Metropolitan Opera New York City printed on heavy paper board stock. Stated 9th year presented by The Texas Company which would be 1949. Carmen was performed that year and the colorful image on the poster/broadside is apparently of that opera. Very moderate curling / small bumps at corners. Slight browning - perhaps a stain on narrow edges of lower left corner. No pin or nail holes. Very good or better condition and a rather showy piece for display with appropriate presentation/framing. Size: just about 12 1/2" x 19 1/2 Metropolian Opera and The Texas Company (Texaco) hardcover
1937ref. 039047Hollywood: A. R. Hromatka 1937. First Edition Thus . No Binding. Very Good. Panoramic Photograph Of The Entire Audience At The Concert In The Hollywood Bowl. 44" X 10" 8" At Side Now Clipped Away. Photographer's Logo At Lower Right. "Otto Klemperer Will Direct Symphony Before Audience Of 20000 In Hollywood Bowl. More Than 20000 Persons Will Be Guests At The General Motors Symphony Concert In The Hollywood Bowl This Afternoon When Dr. Otto Klemperer Will Direct The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra In A "Good Neighbor" Program Honoring The Pacific Coast. The Broadcast Will Be Heard Over Kfi And Other Nbc Stations At 4 O'clock. Soloists Will Be Lucrezia Bori Soprano Now Known As "The Savior Of The Metropolitan" And Joseph Bentonelli American-Born Tenor At The Metropolitan. Bori And Bentonelli Will Sing A Concert Presentation Of Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" Including Solos And The Celebrated Duet "0 Soave Fanciulla." It Was In "Marion" That Bentonelli Made His Debut A Couple Of Years Ago Singing With Miss Bori. A. R. Hromatka unknown
1925ref. 037024New York: George H Doran 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Photographs. 339 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing With Doran Logo On Copyright Page. Very Clean Worn And Frayed A Little At Corners Rear Hinge Partly Cracked 5/8" Tear At Bottom Edge Of A Few Pages Near Center. Signed As "Nellie Melba" On The Half-Title. Also Signed By Lewis Addison Armistead A Descendant Of The Civil War General On Front Pastedown And With His Initials On Title Page Dated 1926. George H Doran hardcover
1929ref. 008486New York / London / Toronto: Longmans Green and Co. 1929. First Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Very Good/Good Slipcase. Two Volumes. Slipcase With Modernist Illustration Of A Woman's Head And A Single Musical Note In Blue Gray Black And White By "H. M."; Preliminary Reviews On Rear Panel; Publisher's Summary On Rear Panel With $5.00 Price. Stated First Editions. A Well Received Novel But Reprinted Almost Immediately In The Book League Monthly In Two Parts Hence Never Receiving A Further Trade Printing. A Tight Clean Lightly Used Set Binding And Hinges Tight Spine Gilt Dull But Readable. Inscribed On Front Endpaper To Miss Pearl Besuner And Dated March 11 1929; She Was A Soprano From Cincinnati Who Made Her Debut With The Metropolitan Opera In 1928 And Was Favorably Reviewed By Sanborn For Her Performance In "The Emperor Jones" In 1933. Her History Mirrors That Of The Main Character Of This Novel Making This A Likely Dedication Copy. Pitts Sanborn 1879-1941 Was Music Critic For The New York Globe And Then The New York World Telegram. "He Also Write Books Such As The Metropolitan Book Of The Opera Prima Donna : A Novel Of The Opera Ludwig Van Beethoven." Wikipedia. Sanborn Was Also Remarked Upon As One Of The Great Originals Of 1920'S / 1930'S Culture. His Friendship With Wallace Stevens Included A Great Influence Upon Stevens' Interest In Music And Thus His Poetry. With A Long Two-Column Review From A Contemporary Newspaper Not Identified. Signed Material From Sanborn Is Scarce; Most Of His Personal Estate Was Lost Thrown Out On Street By His Ny Landlord Immediately After His Death In 1941. Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
1972ref. SONG0816606528Univ Of Minnesota Press 1972-12-15. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x0.50x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Univ Of Minnesota Press paperback
1973ref. SONG0816606978Univ Of Minnesota Press 1973-01-01. paperback. Used: Good. 6.25x0.60x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Univ Of Minnesota Press paperback
1873ref. A114407Melbourne: Azzopardi Hildreth & Co. 1873. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 23pp. Complete & tight. Very scarce Azzopardi, Hildreth & Co. unknown
1865ref. A114072Melbourne: Abbott & Co. 1865. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 22pp. Wrappers rather worn but complete & tight. Very scarce Abbott & Co. unknown
1870ref. A114288Sydney: Gibbs Shalllard & Co. 1870. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 24pp. ÔFirst produced in Australia at the Prince of Wales Opera House Sydney May 1870Õ. Advertisement for the opening of the new Melbourne Town Hall on the rear wrapper suggests that this is for a Melbourne performance. Wrappers rather worn but complete & tight. Very scarce Gibbs, Shalllard & Co. unknown
1867ref. A114289Sydney: Gibbs Shalllard & Co. 1867. Very Good. small octavo. card covers 36pp. Advertisements inside & on the rear wrapper suggests that this is for a Sydney performance. Wrappers loose & rather worn but complete & tight. Very scarce Gibbs, Shalllard & Co. unknown
ref. 41573Oblong folio. Contemporary leather-backed marbled boards. In a single hand throughout. 1 Orlandini Giuseppe Maria 1676-1760 Duetto a due voci Bassi Musique d'Orlandi. 19 i blank pp. With text commencing "Perchè hà detto mio padrone." From Pergolesi's La serva padrona "The large number and wide spread of performances of his operas confirm the opinions of Burney La Borde Martini and Quadrio that Orlandini was highly celebrated as a composer of dramatic music. He was best known for his comic intermezzos in which genre his importance almost certainly outweighs that of Pergolesi." John Walter Hill and Francesco Giuntini in Grove Music Online 2 Curcio Giuseppe Maria 1752-1832 Di marte la Tromba. Duo di G. Curcio. For Zulema and Gonsalvo. 13 pp. With text commencing "Zulema e dunque in vano t'ho salvato o Zamoro." From Zulema first performed in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo on 13 August 1797. "Curcio composed operas for Naples Florence Rome and other cities and librettos from 1797 onwards indicate that he was a member of the Florence Accademia degli Armonici." Ugo Gironacci in Grove Music Online 3 Nicolini Giuseppe 1762-1842 Duetto del Opera il Coriolano. 25 pp. With text commencing "Fra i perigli onor mi chiama." From Coriolano first performed in Vienna no date and in Milan and Turin in 1808. "For about 20 years principally between 1811 and 1820 Nicolini could count on an enormous public even outside Italy who exalted him to the level of the most celebrated masters. In 1807 in Rome his Traiano in Dacia starring the castrato Velluti defeated Cimarosa's much-loved classic Gli Orazi ed i Curiazi in a contest for popular favour. His operas were performed by the best virtuosos of the time including besides Velluti Bonoldi Pasta Pisaroni and the young Catalani." Andrea Lanza in Grove Music Online 4 Catrufo Giosefo 1771-1851 Duo de l'Intrigue au Chateau Musique de Catrufo. 9 i blank pp. For Lorange and Florville. With text commencing "Vous jurez de rester fidele." From L'Intrigue au Chateau. "Known chiefly for his stage works . Catrufo followed closely in the footsteps of the opéra comique composers of the beginning of the 19th century. He possessed a fresh melodic inspiration and a spontaneous popular and simple style." Francesco Bussi in Grove Music Online 5 Gluck Christoph Willibald Ritter von 1714-1787 Scene & Duo d'Iphigénie en Tauride. 1f. recto title verso blank 7 i blank pp. For Oreste and Pylade. With text commencing "O moment trop heureuse!" From Iphigénie en Tauride. Tragédie in four acts by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck to a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard after Guymond de la Touche's Iphigénie en Tauride itself based on Euripides was first performed in Paris at the Opéra on 18 May 1779. 6 Berton Henri-Montan 1767-1844 Duo de Françoise de Foix. 1f. recto title verso blank 12 pp. 1f. blank. For Françoise and the King. With text commencing "Jamais l'ars ne fut mon partage." Françoise de Foix first performed in Paris at the Opéra Comique on 28 January 1809 was the "last really popular work" of this French composer teacher and writer. David Charlton in Grove Music Online With manuscript index to verso of front free endpaper listing 5 additional works not part of the present volume. Binding worn rubbed and bumped; spine lacking; upper board detached. Minor internal wear browning and showthrough; front endpaper and first 4 leaves detached. unknown
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1850ref. 41322Paris: Schonenberger . Boulevart Poissonière 28 1850. Large octavo. Black pebbled leather-backed brown textured cloth boards. Contains works by Beethoven Cherubini Gluck Haydn Mehul Mendelssohn Mozart Ries and Weber as follows: - Weber. 3E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Euriante de Weber. Prix net 65 centimes. 1f. recto title verso blank 12 pp. - Cherubini. 5E. Livraison. Ouverture de Lodoïska . 80 centimes. i title 2-15 i blank pp. - Gluck. 7E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Iphigénie . 65 Centimes. 1f. recto title verso blank 12 pp. - Weber. 12E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Oberon . 60 centimes. i title 2-12 pp. - Mehul. 15E. Livraison. Ouverture du jeune Henri . 80 centimes. i title 2-16 pp. - Mendelssohn. 17E. Livraison. Ouverture de la Grotte de Fingal . 70 centimes. i title 2-13 i blank pp. - Ries. 21E. Livraison.Ouverture Millitaire . 85 c. i title 2-17 i blank pp. - Gluck. 25E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Armide . 40 centimes. i title 2-8 pp. - Beethoven. 27E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Egmont . 60 centimes. i title 2-12 pp. - Weber. 28E. Livraison. Ouverture du Roi des Génies . 55 c. i title 2-11 i blank pp. - Mendelssohn Bartholdy. 31E Livraison. Songe d'un nuit d'été . 95 centimes. i title 2-19 i blank pp. - Beethoven. 33E. Livraison. Ouverture de Prométhée . 55 centimes. i title 2-11 i blank pp. - Méhul. 35e. Livraison. Ouverture de Timoléon . 50 centimes. i title 2-10 pp. - Weber. 39e. Livraison. Ouverture de Robin des bois . 60 centimes. i title 2-12 pp. - Beethoven. 40E. Livraison. Ouverture de Fidelio . 55 centimes. i title 2-11 i blank pp. - Mehul. 42E. Livraison. Ouverture de Stratonice . 50 centimes. i title 2-10 pp. - Haydn. 53E Livraison. Ouverture célèbre . 85 centimes. 1f. recto title verso blank 16 pp. - Mozart. 55E. Livraison. Ouverture de la Flûte enchantée . 45 centimes. i title 9 i blank pp. - Weber. 58E. Livraison. Ouverture du Jubilée . 65 centimes. i title 12 pp. With contemporary manuscript table of contents to front free endpaper and 1f. publisher's catalogue at conclusion. Publisher's and New York bookseller's small oval handstamps to blank lower margin of title some with publisher's facsimile signature. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Slightly worn and browned internally; lightly foxed; some publisher's stamps slightly trimmed. Schonenberger ... Boulevart Poissonière, 28 unknown
2021ref. 8734France: Timeless-France 2021. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto. 8.5 x 12 in. 192 pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white and color reproductions of photographs facsimile art and letters etc. Fine in original clothbound cover silkscreened designed by Laurence Dupré. As new still wrapped in plastic. This is the limited Timeless Edition from an edition of 150 and includes an exclusive artzine entitled Paranoia Club. This volume collects work a previously unpublished interview as well as writing art etc. from and about counter-culture and industrial music icon Genesis P-Orridge. Frontwoman of seminal bands like Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV P-Orridge was also a performance and visual artist occultist cultural critic etc. This exclusive edition also includes some of P-Orridge's correspondence with longtime friend and collaborator Jean-Pierre Turmel co-founder of the Sordide Sentimental label from the mid-1970s till early 1990s offering a personal view into their archive. Timeless-France hardcover
2021ref. 8733France: Timeless-France 2021. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto. 8.5 x 12 in. 192 pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white and color reproductions of photographs facsimile art and letters etc. Mild bump to head of front fore-corner otherwise fine in original cloth-back pictorial paper-covered boards. This is the regular Timeless Edition but with a laid-in card from publication included with the first 100 copies of this volume. This volume collects work a previously unpublished interview as well as writing art etc. from and about counter-culture and industrial music icon Genesis P-Orridge. Frontwoman of seminal bands like Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV P-Orridge was also a performance and visual artist occultist cultural critic etc. Includes some of P-Orridge's correspondence with longtime friend and collaborator Jean-Pierre Turmel co-founder of the Sordide Sentimental label from the mid-1970s till early 1990s offering a personal view into their archive. Timeless-France hardcover
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1929ref. 20354Paris: Opéra Privé de Paris 1929. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. RUSSIAN MODERNISM REBORN ON THE PARISIAN STAGE. A visually striking Première Saison program documenting the post-Diaghilev continuation of Russian operatic and theatrical culture in interwar Paris. Issued by the newly founded Opéra Privé de Paris in 1929 this richly illustrated production program for Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Tsar Saltan' preserves the artistic language of the Ballets Russes through tipped-in color costume and scenic designs after Ivan Bilibin and Alexandre Korovine. Founded immediately following the death of Sergei Diaghilev the Opéra Privé de Paris sought to sustain the creative energy of Russian émigré theater in Western Europe. This production united performers designers and musicians associated with the Russian diaspora transforming Pushkin's fairy-tale opera into a vivid expression of émigré modernism transplanted into the cultural life of Paris. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Quarto format approximately 9.5 × 12.5 inches. Stapled illustrated wraps with full-color chromolithographic cover after Ivan Bilibin. Illustrated with six tipped-in color chromolithographs of costume designs after Bilibin executed from stage maquettes by Alexandre Korovine together with two additional tipped-in scenic plates and a tipped-in color portrait of Madame Maria Kousnezoff-Massenet by Nicolas Kousnezoff. Numerous illustrated period advertisements throughout including several full-page advertisements. CONDITION: One advertisement leaf detached but present. Plates remain vivid and visually strong with only light handling wear to the wraps. Staples sound. A well-preserved and unusually attractive example of interwar Parisian opera ephemera. Première Saison issue. Première Saison programs of the Opéra Privé de Paris survive in comparatively small numbers particularly examples retaining the full suite of tipped-in color plates after Ivan Bilibin. Comparable illustrated programs from this short-lived company appear only intermittently in the market especially in near-complete condition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - The Opéra Privé de Paris was co-directed by the Russian soprano Maria Kousnezoff-Massenet and functioned as an important cultural bridge for displaced Russian artists after the Revolution. Though short-lived the company preserved important elements of Russian operatic staging and Ballets Russes visual identity during a transitional moment in European theater history. Ivan Bilibin's influence on Russian stage aesthetics remained profound well into the twentieth century and his designs for productions such as 'Tsar Saltan' helped define the visual mythology of Russian folklore on the international stage. This program captures a pivotal moment in the evolution of Russian theatrical modernism after the dissolution of the Ballets Russes. Following Diaghilev's death in 1929 Russian émigré artists in Paris sought new institutional forms through which to continue the aesthetic innovations that had transformed European stage culture during the previous two decades. The production of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Tsar Saltan' adapted from Pushkin's fairy-tale poem provided an ideal vehicle for this visual and musical continuity. The decorative richness of Ivan Bilibin's folkloric imagery combined with the scenic interpretation of Alexandre Korovine preserves the highly ornamental stage language that became synonymous with Russian theatrical design in the early twentieth century. Beyond its theatrical importance the program also presents a vivid portrait of interwar Parisian cultural life. Its advertisements portraiture typography and chromolithographic inserts collectively illustrate the commercial and artistic environment surrounding Russian émigré performance culture in France between the wars. SUBJECTS: Ballets Russes Legacy Ivan Bilibin Stage Design Russian Émigré Art Paris Theater History Rimsky-Korsakov Tsar Saltan Interwar Opera Culture Russian Opera In Paris Chromolithographic Illustration Illustrated Performance Programs Opera Ephemera Theater History Russian Modernism Illustrated Programs. Opéra Privé de Paris unknown
2011ref. x-0230284817Palgrave Macmillan 2011. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 8.98x5.75x1.18 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
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1923ref. 370639New York 1923. Mounted photograph of the Opera House. Calligraphic presentation leaf extracts from programs inlaid in large folio leaves 120 2 index ff. 1 vols. Folio. Full deep red morocco gilt spine with five raised bands boards with triple fillet borders navy blue doublures silk flyleaves t.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing. Fine. Mounted photograph of the Opera House. Calligraphic presentation leaf extracts from programs inlaid in large folio leaves 120 2 index ff. 1 vols. Folio. Elaborate and attractive album of extracts from the printed programs of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York a record of opera productions from 1915 to 1922 listing the principal performances and also retaining the lists of box holders which functions as a who's-who of New York society. There are several newspaper clippings including an account of the farewell performance of Mrs. Geraldine Farrar in Tosca. Presented to Henry Fletcher by his wife Ethel née Thompson on the tenth anniversary of their wedding. Henry Fletcher 1877-1953 of Greenwich Connecticut was a member of the Grolier Club until his death and a major benefactor of the Yale libraries. unknown
ref. 39101Quarto. Full mid-tan mottled calf with coat of arms gilt to both boards raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt marbled endpapers. With occasional decorative woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces throughout. 1. DESTOUCHES Andre Cardinal 1672-1749 Le Carnaval et La Folie Comedie-Ballet representée par l'Academie Royale de Musique pour le premiere fois. Le troisième Janvier 1704. Remise au théâtre Le seizième May 1719. Le treizième Juillet 1730. Le septième Août 1738. Et le Mardi onziéme Juin. 1748. Nouvelle Édition Prix XXX. Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1748. 1f. recto title verso "Les Paroles de Monsieur de la Motte. La Musique de Monsieur Destouches." 1f. cast list 5-51 i approbation and imprint. With manuscript paraph to title. Named cast includes: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côté du Roi performance Mlles. Dun Toulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Le Tourneur Duperey and Grimiaux and Messrs. Lefebre Le Page C Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côté de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Gondré Rôllet Delâtre Lablotiere Daliere Victoire Hery and Folliot and Messrs. S. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Belot Chapotin Favier and Le Roy - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlle. Romainvile; Messrs. Person Le Page and de la Tour - Dancers Mlle. Puvigné in Hebé; Mlles. Lyonnois Courcelle and Thieri in Les Graces; Messrs. Devisse Caillez Laval Feuillade and Mion; Mlles. Dazenoncourt Briseval Minot and Puvigné in "Jeux & Plaisirs." A pupil of Campra Destouches achieved considerable success as a composer of stage music. His Isse was greatly admired by King Louis XIV. "Le carnaval et la folie is one of the first examples of a lyric comedy in France." James R. Anthony in Grove Music Online 2. CAMPRA André 1660-1744 Monteclair Bourgeois and Rameau Fragmens de Differens Ballets Représentés par l'Academie Royale de Musique Le Mardi 10 Séptembre 1748. Prix XXX. Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1748. In a prologue and 3 acts. - 1f. recto title verso "Les Paroles de M. Danchet. La Musique de M. Campra." 3-4 cast list 5-8 "Prologue des Amours de Venus" Named cast includes: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côté du Roi performance Mlles. du Toulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Folliot Le Tourneur and Grimiau and Messieurs Lefebvre Le Page C. Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côté de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Gondré Rôllet Delâtre Lablotiere Daliere Chesdville Hery and Duperey and Messieurs S. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Belog Chapotin Favier and Le Roy - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlle. Romainville Jacquet and Met - Dancers Mlles. Imblot Sauvage Parquet Amedée Carville Devaux Bellot L. and Bellot C; Mrs. Le Febvre Laurent Laval Caillé Feuillade and Bourgeois; Messieurs Le Lievre and Devisse. Campra was a leading figure in French theatrical and sacred music in the early 18th century. With: MONTECLAIR Michel Pignolet 1667-1737 1 Les Soirées de l'Eté tirées du ballet Des Festes de l'Eté: Le Paroles d de M. Pellegrin. La Musique de M. Monteclair. 2 cast list 3-22 pp. Named cast includes: - Actors Mlles. Coupée and Chevalier and Messieurs Person de la Tour and Le Page - Dancers Mlles. Camargo Lyonois Thierry Dazenoncourt Sauvage Beaufort and Briseval; Mrs. Dupré Dumay Matignon Hamoche and Caillé; Monsieurs Tessier and Levoir "Although not prolific Montéclair wrote in most of the genres cultivated during the early 18th century in France excepting only the keyboard. He was one of the most versatile of the generation between Lully's death 1687 and Rameau's advent as a stage composer 1733; composers of this 'préramiste' period are often described as 'imitators of Lully' but Montéclair and Campra are among those who influenced Rameau's dramatic music. In his stage works Montéclair was particularly sensitive to the dramatic function of orchestral colour. His operatic scores are much clearer than those of his contemporaries in giving directions for specific instruments like the off-stage horns 'played very softly to simulate the hunt in the distance' in the second entrée of Les festes de l'été Montéclair added that 'if no cors de chasse are available oboes and violins may play the following and remain in the orchestra'. In the same work a 'Prélude à trois basses' introduces the first scene of the third entrée where the main roles are sung by basses; the prelude to the second scene whose main roles are sung by sopranos is scored for violins and violas without continuo. The parts enter in reverse order and the melodic material is derived from the earlier prelude ex.1. Les festes de l'été and Jephté both contain an a cappella chorus and the former has a large-scale double chorus - an operatic counterpart to the choruses in Lalande's grands motets." James R. Anthony in Grove Music Online With: BOURGEOIS Thomas Louis 1676-1750 or 1751 1 L'Estime tiré Des Amours Déguisés. Les Paroles de Monsieur Fuzelier. La Musique de Monsieur Bourgeois. 2 cast list 3-14 pp. Named cast includes: - Actors Mlles. Fel Jacquet and Gondré; Messieurs de Chassé Poirier and Person - Dancers Mlles. Dallemand Thieri St. Germain Minot Sauvage Briseval and Himblot; Mrs. Dupré Lany Devisse Lyonnois Dumat Matignon Hamoche Laval and Feuillade; Mr. Doumoulin. A French composer and singer best known for his contributions to the 18th century French cantata Bourgeois also wrote ballets and divertissements. With: RAMEAU Jean-Philippe 1683-1754 1 Pigmalion Acte de Ballet. La Musique de Monsieur Rameau 2 cast list 3-10 1f. approbation and privilege "Rameau was one of the greatest figures in French musical history a theorist of European stature and France's leading 18th-century composer. He made important contributions to the cantata the motet and more especially keyboard music and many of his dramatic compositions stand alongside those of Lully and Gluck as the pinnacles of pre-Revolutionary French opera." Graham Sadler and Thomas Christensen in Grove Music Online 3. RAMEAU Les Festes de l'Himen et de L'Amour; ou Les Dieux d'Egypte Ballet Héroïque Donné à Versailles le quinze Mars 1747. Et Représenté pour la premiere fois par L'Academie Royale de Musique le Mardi 5 November 1748. Prix XXX. Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1748. 1f. recto title verso blank 3 half-title with "La Poëme est de M. de Cahusac. La Musique de M. Rameau. La Danse de M. Laval Compositeur des Ballets du Roi." 4 cast list 5 synopsis 6 cast list 7-58 1f. privilege. With manuscript paraph to title. Named cast for the Prologue includes: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côté du Roi performance Melles. Dun Tulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Le Tourneur Dupereyand Grimiaux and Messieurs Lefebvre Le Page C. Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côte de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Gondré Rôllet Delâtre Lablotiere Daliere Victoire Hery Folliot and Messieurs S. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Belot Chapotin Favier and Le Roy. - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlles. Coupée and Romainveille; Mr. Poirier - Dancers Mlles. Carville Courcelle and St. Germain in Les Graces; Mlles. Puvignée Dazenoncourt Himblot and Briseval and Mrs. Laval Laurent le Lievre and Bourgeois in Jeux et Plaisirs; Mlles. Minot Beaufort Thierry and Sauvage in Vertus. Named cast for the Premiere Entrée includes: - "Acteurs Chantans" Mlles. Chevalier and Gondré; Monsieur Jeliote - Dancers Mlles. Puvignée Derseuille Chevrier Masson Hutte St- Germain Courcelle Thiery Minot Dallemand Belnot C. Parquet Devaus Amedée Camargo Dazenoncourt Beaufort Belnot L. and Belnot C.; Mrs. Dupré F. Barrois Hamoche Mion Matignon Dumay Laval Dupré Feuillade Caillé le Liévre and Laurent; Messieurs Lany and Dumoulin Named cast for the Seconde Entrée includes: - "Acteurs Chantans" Mlle. Romainville; Messieurs le Page De la Tour and Albert - Dancers Mlles. Lyonnois Amedée Devaux Sauvage L. Belnot and C. Belnot; Mrs. Laval Matignon Dumay le Lievre Hamoche Feuillade Lyonnois Mion Laurent and Bourgeois; Messieurs Lyonnois and Dupré Named cast for the Troisieme Entrée includes: - "Acteurs Chantans" Mlles. Fel Coupée and d'Aliére; Messieurs Jeliote Person Poirier and Lamarre - Dancers Mlles. Camargo Dallemand Puvignée Lyonois St. Germain Courcelles Thiery Puvignée Desnoncourt and Minot; Mrs. Lany Dumoulin Tessier Laval Hamoche Caillez Feuillade Dumay and Dupré; Monsieur Device First Edition. Sonneck p. 500 editions of 1765 and 1778 only. 4. RAMEAU Platée Ballet Bouffon representé par L'Academie Royale de Musique pour le Carnaval De mil sept cent quarente!neuf. Le Mardi quatre Fevrier de la même année. Prix XXX Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1749. 1 title 2 "Les Paroles de Monsieur Autreau. La Musique de Monsieur Rameau." 3-4 cast list 5-55. 1f. approbation and privilege. With manuscript paraph to title. Named cast include: - "Acteurs Chantans dans les Choeurs" for the Côte du Roi performance Mlles. dun Tulou Delorge Larcher Cazeau Rosalie Le Tourneur Deperey and Grimiaux and Messieurs Lefebvre le Page C. Laubertie Fel Bourque Duchênet Rochette and Gratin; and for the Côté de la Reine performance Mlles. Cartou Masson Rôllet Lablotiere Daliere Victoire Hery Folliot s. Martin Le Mesle Bellanger Levasseur Bellot Chapotin Favier and Le Roy - "Acteurs du Prologue" Mlles. Cartou Chesdeville Coupée and Rozalie; Messrs. Poirier Person De Lamare - Dancers Mlles L. Belnot C. Belnot Desiré Lyonnois Briseval Dazenoncourt Imblot Parquet and Amedée; Mrs. Laval Caillé Monservin Le Lievre Laurent Hamoche Bourgeois and Milon; Monsieur Lany - "Acteurs du Ballet" Mlles. Jacquet Fel and Coupée; Messrs. De la Tour Le Page Person Poirier and DeLamare - Dancers Mlles. Lany Courcelle St-Germain Thiery Minot Beaufort Sauvage Dallemand Carville Devaux L. Belnot C. Belnot Lyonnois Dallemand Desiré Dazenoncourt and Briseval; Mrs. Dumay Dupré Matignon Feuillade le Lievre Laval Hamoche Bourgeois Laurent and Mion; Me. Dourdet; Messrs. Lyonois Dupré Monservain Tessier Dumoulin Devise and Lany First Edition of the second version. 5. SALOMON Joseph-François 1649-1732 Medée et Jason Tragedie Representée par L'Academie Royale de Musique pour la premiere fpois. Le vingt-quatrième jour d'avril 1713. Reprise le premier de May 1727. Et le vingt-deux Novembre 1736. Remise au Théâtre le Jeudi 20 Février 1749. Prix XXX Sols. Paris: Aux Depens de l'Academie. On trouvera les Livres de Paroles à la Salle de l'Opera & à l'Academie Royale de Musique rue S. Nicaise. . Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. . De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Delormel & Fils 1749. 1 title 2 "Les Paroles de Monsieur Pellegrein. La Musique de Monsieur Salomon." 3-4 cast list 5-64 i approbation and privilege. With manuscript paraph to title. Not in Sonneck. A French composer and organist "Salomon's operas Medée et Jason and Théonoé are in the tradition of Lully and Campra." Guy Bourligueux in Grove Music Online Binding somewhat worn rubbed and bumped; minor loss to head and tail of spine; slightly shaken; hinges partially split. Minor internal wear; edges slightly browned; occasional foxing; two leaves loose. Very good crisp wide-margined copies overall. unknown
1933ref. HALL114011Paperback. 1933. 4to card cover 1933. 24 pages of illustrations some coloured plus 4-page insert for the Alhambra Theatre productions of Les Sylphides Scuola di Ballo & Les Presages. Covers a little marked. . paperback
1956ref. HALL512162Paperback. 1956. 58pp illustrated throughout card covers 4to London 1956. Loosely inserted are programmes for the 1956 production of The Sleeping Beauty and the 1957 productions of The Prince of the Pagodas & Le Lac des Cygnes. Silver covers slightly rubbed. . paperback
