L'Africaine : opéra en 5 actes
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2006313
Description
- Title
- L'Africaine : opéra en 5 actes
- Alternative Title
- Africaine. Vocal score
- Creator
- Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864
- Contributor
- Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
- Published / Created
- 1843 Nov 6.
- Abstract
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Vocal score, holograph, corrected, of Meyerbeer's first version of the opera, "terminé le 6 Novembre 1843".
- Description
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Meyerbeer began work on the opera, on a libretto by Eugène Scribe, in 1837. He completed a first version in 1843, and continued to revise the work until 1863. After Meyerbeer's death in 1864, François-Joseph Fétis made further revisions, and the opera was premiered at the Paris Opéra on April 28, 1865.
Available on microfilm
Title from cover. - Provenance
- Purchased from Autographes on the Edith and Richard French Fund and the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
- Extent
- 1 ms. vocal score ([352] p.); 27 x 38 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS VOL 987
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Vocal scores with piano
- Subject (Geographic)
- France
- Subject (Name)
- Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
- Subject (Topic)
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Composers
Operas - Subjects
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864
Composers > France > 19th century
Operas > Vocal scores with piano
France > 19th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africaine. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6550755
- Object ID (OID)
- 2006313