| Id |
18288 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
CRESCENTINI, Girolamo (1762-1846) |
| Title |
Twelve Italian Ariettes, with an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte. Composed & Dedicated to his Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex. [Score]. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed & Sold by Rt. Birchall at his Musical Circulating Library |
| Publication Date |
[1800?] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Folio. [i (title)], 21pp. |
| Description |
Disbound. Slight chipping at outer margins. Engraved. Crescentini was one of the finest and one of the last of the great castrati. He sang in most of the important opera houses in Italy, London, Vienna and Lisbon. He had several pupils including Isabella Colbran the first wife of Rossini. Stendhal wrote that "no composer could have written the infinitely small nuances that formed the perfection of Crescentini’s singing in his aria "Ombra adorata aspetta" [which was] inserted into Zingarelli’s Giulietta e Romeo" (Opera Grove). |
| Reference |
First edition. RISM A/I/11 CC 4411 I, 8 and BUC p.238 citing just one location. |
| Price |
£325.00 |
