Acc. arr. for piano. Edited from printed and ms. sources dating from ca. 1821 to 1900. French or Italian words, also printed as texts with English translations on p. xxiii-xxxii. Includes 22 arias, each with embellishments by one or more of 9 different singers. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Ma la sola (Beatrice di Tenda) ; Ah! non credea mirarti ; Come per me sereno (La sonnambula) / V. Bellini -- De tous les pays (Le calife de Bagdad) ; Comme aux jours (La dame blanche) / F. Boieldieu -- Non, je ne veux pas chanter (Le billet de loterie) / N. Isouard -- En vain j'espère (Robert le diable) / G. Meyerbeer -- Che soave zeffiretto ; Voi che sapete (Le nozze di Figaro) / W. A. Mozart -- Dunque io son ; Ecco ridente in cielo ; Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia) ; Nacqui all'affanno (La Cenerentola) ; Di piacer mi balza il cor (La gazza ladra) ; Sombre forêt (Guillaume Tell) ; Pensa alla patria (L'italiana in Algeri) ; Parlar, spiegar (Mosè in Egitto) ; "Assisa a piè" (Otello) / G. Rossini.
Series:
Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, 0193-5364 ; v. 7-8
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