Vocal score, holograph, with corrections by Messager and printer's annotations for publication by Editions Salabert. Sections are numbered and paged separately; number twelve is not present. Accompanied by two documents identifying the score as Mess...
Alternative Title:
Coups de roulis. Vocal score
Description:
Operetta with a libretto by Albert Willemetz, based on a novel by Maurice Larrouy. A vocal score was published by Editions Salabert (Paris, 1928).
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Larrouy, Maurice, 1882-1939, Messager, André, 1853-1929., and Editions Salabert.
Vocal score, holograph, corrected, of Meyerbeer's first version of the opera, "terminé le 6 Novembre 1843".
Alternative Title:
Africaine. Vocal score
Description:
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 ope...