PAISIELLO, Giovanni 1740-1816

[La Rachelina Cavatina de La Molinara]. [For voice and piano or harp]

Paris: A. Leduc [PN 980], [1807-12].

Folio. Disbound. [i] (title within decorative border], 3 pp. Engraved.

Series title: "Journal Hebdomadaire d'Augte. Le Duc et Cgnie., Composé de pièces de Chant de tous genre, avec Accompagnement de Forté-Piano ou de Harpe, Extraits des meilleurs Auteurs; Rédigé par MM. Blangini, Carbonel, F. Garat, Lambert, Pradher, Romagnesi, etc. [41]me. Année, No. [26] ce Journal contiens cinquante-deux Numéros, chacun de deux à quatre pages d'impression."

With partial bookseller's handstamp to title.

Slightly foxed and browned; minor showthrough.

La Molinara, a commedia per musica set to a libretto by Giuseppe Palomba, was first performed in Naples at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in 1788.

"Throughout the 18th century many dozens of periodical publications of music were initiated, catering for a wide variety of musical interests and performing media. Only a small number of these ambitious starts, however, continued beyond a few years, and many ceased publication within a year. One of the most successful was Journal hebdomadaire ou recueil d’airs choisis dans les opéra-comiques (Paris, 1764–83), which continued as Journal hebdomadaire, composé d’airs d’opéra et opéra comiques from 1784 until 1808." Sydney Robinson Charles in Grove Music Online.

Item #36025

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