MABELLINI, Teodulo 1817-1897

Eudossia e Paolo o I Martiri [Piano-vocal score]

Dramma di Luigi Venturi Posto in Musica per commissione di S.A.I. e R. Leopoldo Secondo Granduca di Toscana ec.cc ... ed eseguito in Firenze nel Gran Salone di Palazzo Vecchio nella ricorrenza delle Feste di S. Giovanni del 1845. Proprietà dell' Autore Prezzo F. 36.

Firenze: Ferd.o Lorenzi [PN 3560-3571], [1845].

Large oblong folio. Green cloth-backed marbled boards. 1f. (recto title within decorative border, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list, verso contents), 5-267 pp. Engraved. Each number with its own secondary pagination to upper margin.

Named cast includes Cesare Badiali, Giuseppe Mori, Marietta Gazzaniga, Mazzarrini, Faustina Piombanti, Agostino Susin,i and Luigi Sanesi.

Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper nearly detached. Very slightly browned.

First Edition. Scarce. Schmidl, Vol. II, p. 1.

Eudossia e Paolo, the first of Mabellini's two oratorios, was first performed in Florence at the Palazzo Vecchio on June [?]24, 1845, "for the benefit of a children's home, according to its printed libretto. The two-part oratorio makes extensive use of chorus, far more so than does the typical Italian oratorio ... The work received several additional performances in Florence and Livorno." Howard E. Smither: A History of the Oratorio, Vol. 4, p. 620.

"As a composer Mabellini had many strong qualities, notably an ability to work successfully in different genres, a mastery of counterpoint and orchestration, a solid musical grounding, a sure technique and a conscious adherence to the great Classical tradition ... His fame today rests on his promotion of Italian musical culture." Francesco Bussi in Grove Music Online.

Item #33605

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