Score and part, holograph, with dedication to Adeline Palianti
Description:
Jules Massenet, French composer., Song, with words by Victor Hugo., Staff notation., Vocal text in French., Title from cover., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., and Voice part includes text for all verses.
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. and Palianti, Adeline.
Score of Satie's nine scènes nouvelles, holograph, with corrections by Satie and brief annotations written by dancer Serge Lifar and in unidentified hands. Appended are a transposition of Gounod's quintet from act three, written in holograph by Georges Auric, and a vocal score of the final octet, written in an unidentified hand, possibly that of Edouard Flament. Laid in are a text of the quintet, typescript, and an excerpt in vocal score showing the transition to the final scene, written in holograph by Satie
Description:
Charles Gounod's opéra-comique Le médecin malgré lui, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Molière's play, was first performed in 1858. For a revival at the Festival Français in Monte Carlo, Serge Diaghilev commissioned recitatives by Satie to replace original spoken dialogue. A final vocal octet was adapted by Georges Auric from Gounod's quintet in act three. Le médecin malgré lui, with nine "scènes nouvelles" by Satie and the final scene by Auric, was conducted by Edouard Flament at the Casino Theater, Monte Carlo, on January 5, 1924., Available on microfilm, Staff notation., Vocal text in French., Title devised by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., and "Médecin malgré lui: opéra comique de Gounod" -- caption title, written in an unidentified hand.
Score, holograph, with corrections and conductor's markings. The score varies from the first published edition and is apparently an earlier version of the work. Accompanied by a fragment of score paper with Walton's name and the Sitwells' London address, written by Walton in holograph
Alternative Title:
Sinfonia concertante, piano, orchestra
Description:
William Walton composed the Sinfonia Concertante while living in London with the Sitwell family. Walton dedicated the three movements of the work to Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell. The Sinfonia Concertante was first published in 1928 and revised in 1943., a Available on microfilm, Staff notation., Title from cover., and Date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Section titled "S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari," score, autograph manuscript, and drafts for this and other sections, short score, autograph manuscript, some dated 1947 August-September
Alternative Title:
Chiese di Venezia
Description:
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer., Chiese di Venezia, for orchestra, composed circa 1948, incomplete., Staff notation., Title devised by cataloger., and Date of creation supplied by cataloger.