LARUETTE, Jean-Louis 1731-1792

Le Medecin de l'Amour, Opera-Comique. En un acte; par M. Anseaume... Représenté[!] pour la premiere fois sur le Théâtre de la Foire St. Laurent, le 22 Septembre 1758. La prix est de 24 fols avec les petits Airs. La Musique des Ariettes se vend séparément. [Libretto]

représenté[!] pour la premiere fois sur le Théâtre de la Foire St. Laurent, le 22 Septembre 1758. [Libretto]

Paris: N.B. Duchesne, 1758.

Octavo. [1] (title with decorative woodcut device), [2] (named cast list), [3]-59 (text), 60-64 (typeset music in diamondhead notation with text). Decorative head- and tailpieces throughout.

Unbound. Slightly worn; lower portion quite dampstained.

First Edition. Sonneck p. 746. RISM L 733, LL 733 (3 copies, at the British Library, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Library of Congress).Worldcat (additional copies, e.g. OCLC no. 21978280).

"His first important operas, Le médecin de l’amour, Cendrillon and L’ivrogne corrigé, owe much to their librettos, in which Anseaume contrived a skilful mixture of vaudevilles, ariettes and vocal ensembles... Laruette belonged to the first generation of French composers of opéra comique in the sense that term assumed during the 1750s under the influence of the intermèdes performed in Paris by the Bouffons. However, he never embraced the Italian opera buffa style." Michel Noiray in Grove Music Online.

Item #26737

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