Engraved proof (Paris: Durand, 1912), signed and annotated in Russian by Waslaw Nijinsky. With signed inscription by Serge Lifar on cover: "Partition de Waslaw Nijinsky avec les notations de Diaghilev, de Nijinsky de Debussy de Bakst."
Alternative Title:
Jeux; arranged
Description:
Claude Debussy, French composer., Ballet, with libretto by Waslaw Nijinsky. Composed 1912-1913; first performed 1913; published 1912 (piano score), 1914 (full score)., a Available on microfilm, Cover title., Publisher's stamp on cover., and T.p. and p. 1-2 lacking.
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 opera was premiered at the Paris Opéra on April 28, 1865., Available on microfilm, and Title from cover.
Score, holograph, dated 1862 Aug 25 (Le fleur) and Aug 26 (Le crucifix). A fragment of Guitare, song, with text by Auguste, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, dated [1862] Aug 23, is on the recto of the first page
Description:
Jules Massenet, French composer. and Fleur et le papillon: song, with text by Victor Hugo. Composed 1862. Crucifix: song, with text by Alphonse de Lamartine. Composed 1862.
Organ part, holograph, with blank staves for voices, signed by Gounod on cover and initialed by him on several pages. The cover is annotated in an unidentified hand: "Propriété de la paroisse de St. François-Xavier, maître de chapelle Joseph Franck".
Alternative Title:
Masses, A♭ major
Description:
The composer Charles Gounod was appointed maître de chapelle at the Séminaire des Missions Etrangères, Paris, in 1843., Jean-Hubert-Joseph Franck, violinist, composer, and organist; younger brother of César Franck; succeeded Gounod as organist at the Séminaire des Missions Etrangères., and Title from cover.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Franck, Jean-Hubert-Joseph, 1825-1891. and Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
"Portrait seen half-length slightly to right holding rapier in his right hand, and resting his right arm on ledge before music manuscript and violin, eyes to front, wearing red coat, cravat and wig; sky behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a champion fencer, violinist and conductor in Paris; son of George Bologne de Saint-Georges and Nanon, his African slave. First classical composer of African ancestry; also known as the "Black Mozart"., Title etched below the image in dotted letters., and Ten lines of French verse in two columns below title: Dans les armes jamais on ne vit son egal ...
Publisher:
Publish'd April 4th, 1788, by Bradshaw, No. 4 Coventry Street
Subject (Name):
Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799,
Score, holograph, with printer's markings, dated at Monte Carlo and inscribed to Marie Kohn. Bound with a copy of the printed score published by Huegel (Paris, 1910), signed
Description:
Jules Massenet, French composer., Song, with text by Mathylde Peyre. Published 1910., Title from caption., and Plate no.: H. & Cie 24,934 (manuscript printer's annotation and on printed score).
