Italian Opera 1810-1840. Printed (Facsimile) Editions of Complete Operas and Excerpts by the Contemporaries of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. Edited with Introductions by Philip Gossett. A Garland Series
New York: Garland, 1984-89.
20 volumes. Oblong and upright folio, uniformly bound in publisher's red cloth with titling gilt to spines.
Volume numbers, composers, and titles as follows:
2. Carafe. Le nozze di Lammermoor
4. Coccia. Caterina di Guisa
5. Coppola. La pazza per amore
7. Fioravanti. Il ritorno di Pulcinella da Padova
9. Levi. Iginia d'Asti
10. Marliani. Ildegonda
11. Mayr. Adelasia ed Aleramo
12. Mayr. Medea in Corinto
23. Meyerbeer. Excerpts from early Italian operas
24. Morlacchi. Tebaldo e Isolina
26. Nicolai. Il templario
27. Nini. Ida della Torre
29. Pacini. Il barone di Dolsheim
32. Pacini. L'ultimo giorno di Pompei
34. Pacini. Il corsaro
36. Pacini. Saffo
40. Raimondi. Il ventaglio
42. Ricci. Chiara di Rosembergh
44. Ricci. Un'avventura di Scaramuccia
45. Vaccai. Giulietta e Romeo
Lacking volumes 14, 18, 20, 21, and 22. In very good condition.
The original plan was for the series to contain 58 volumes; only 25 were published, however, retaining the initial volume numbers.
Hill and Stephens: Collected Editions Historical Series & Sets & Monuments of Music A Bibliography, pp. 633, I8866.
Item #39036
Price: $950.00 other currencies