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The Great Operas: The Romantic Legends Upon Which the Masters of Song Have Founded Their Famous Lyrical Compositions.With Introduction in Italian & English by Giuseppi Verdi. Five volumes.
by [Performing Arts]. BUEL, James W (editor)
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- Hardcover
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London, Paris, Berlin, & Philadelphia: Societe Universelle Lyrique, (1899). "Limited Edition De Luxe made for the Dominion of Canada." Complete in five elephant folio volumes (17" x 135"), 514, & xvi pages (continuously paginated), frontis bust portrait from sculpture of Verdi in volume 1 plus 50 plates throughout (26 photogravure, some tinted; 24 in color which are tipped in) & numerous illustrations in text (many tinted). Publisher's bevel-edged maroon cloth elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt, the upper covers with "Great Composers" crest in gilt featuring a pictorial device of children above an inset vellum shield lettered "GV." All edges gilt
Bindings moderately soiled & rubbed, spines browned, modest edge wear mostly at spine extremities & corners (including fraying), couple of tiny losses in the cloth along the joints, stain on the lower cover of volume 5, occasional foxing & handling smudges within, otherwise Very Good.
Includes:
Volume 1: Introduction -- A Brief History of Opera - A Life-Sketch of Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata - A Sketch of Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser - A Sketch of Ambroise Thomas - Mignon - A Sketch of Charles François Gounod - Faust - A Sketch of Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana - The Rhinegold - The Valkyrie - Siegfried - Gotterdammerung - Sketch of Friedrich von Flotow - Stradella
Volume 2:Martha -Semiramide - Manon - Norma - Marriage of Figaro - Aida - A Sketch of Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischutz - La dame blanche --A Sketch of François Boieldieu - Sapho - A Sketch of J Massenet - Lucia di Lammermoor - A Sketch of Gaëtano Donizetti
Volume 3:Orpheus and Eurydice - A Sketch of Christoph von Gluck - A Sketch of Giacomo Meyerbeer - The Huguenots - Il Travatore - Carmen - A Sketch of Georges Bizet - The Jewess - A Sketch of Jacques François Halévy - The Flying Dutchman - Fidelio - A Sketch of Ludwig von Beethoven -Lohengrin - Hansel and Gretel - A Sketch of Englebert Humperdinck - Don Giovanni
Volume 4:Nero - A sketch of Anton Gregor Rubinstein - I Puritani --The Mastersingers of Nuremberg -Lakme - A Sketch of Leo Delibes - Samson and Delilah - A Sketch of C Saint-Saëns - Tristan and Isolde - The magic flute - The Bohemian girl - A Sketch of Michael Balfe - La Bohéme - Sketch of Giacomo Puccini - Queen of Sheba - A Sketch of Karl Goldmark
Volume 5:The Prophet - Robert the Devil - Lucretia Borgia - William Tell - A Sketch of Gioacchino Antonio Rossini - Fra Diavolo - A Sketch of Daniel François Esprit Auber - The Barber of Seville -L'Africaine - La Favorita - La Sonambula - Rigoletto
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 811
- Title
- The Great Operas: The Romantic Legends Upon Which the Masters of Song Have Founded Their Famous Lyrical Compositions.With Introduction in Italian & English by Giuseppi Verdi. Five volumes.
- Author
- [Performing Arts]. BUEL, James W (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Societe Universelle Lyrique
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris, Berlin, & Philadelphia
- Date Published
- (1899)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Performing Arts, Music, Opera, Verdi, Beethoven, Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts; Music; Illustrated Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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