MERMET, Auguste 1810-1889

Roland á Roncevaux Poème et Musique de A. Mermet. Partition Chant et Piano Arrangée par Ad. Schimon. [Piano-vocal score]

Paris: Choudens [PN A.C. 1088], [1864].

Large octavo. Quarter black cloth with marbled boards, dark red title label gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (recto decorative title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, verso blank), 291, [i] (blank) pp.

Named cast includes Gueymard, Cazaux, Belval, Gueymard, Bonnesseur, C. de Maësen, Barot, and Levielly.

Binding quite worn, rubbed, and bumped; portions of spine partially detached with some loss. Some signs of wear; occasional light foxing and dampstaining; some signatures split or partially split; occasional paper repairs and reinforcements; small oval bookseller's handstamp and small publisher's facsimile signature handstamp to lower margin of title; handstamp to cast leaf; collection handstamp to lower margin of first page of music and p. 139.

First Edition.

Roland à Roncevaux, to a libretto by the composer, was first performed in Paris at the Opéra on 3 October 1864.

Item #29091

Price: $40.00  other currencies