“Masaniello” (1828) Novello’s Edition, c.1887, D. F. E. Auber, Novello, Ewer, and Co., and Simpkin, Marshall and Co. “The Dumb Girl of Portici, An Opera in Five Acts.” Bound sheet music score arranged for pianoforte, soloists (SATB), and chorus. Octavo, decorated red cloth boards, gilt lettering and text block, 333 pages. Good- condition with wear and stains on the boards. Slightly cocked; tanned pages. Previous owner’s name and music store stamp.
Known as the first French grand opera and for an alleged role in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. Brief synopsis (via Wiki), “The opera is loosely based on the historical uprising of Masaniello against Spanish rule in Naples in 1647. The character of Fenella, the opera’s eponymous heroine, was borrowed from Walter Scott’s Peveril of the Peak, which features a deaf and dumb dwarf of the same name.”
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