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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 130 pp.

Surrey: Ashgate, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Boards. xxvii, 225 pp. With numerous musical examples. From the collection of musicologist Stanley Boorman. Saariaho is a leading figure in contemporary music.

Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 463 pp. With musical examples.

[Milan]: [Batelli & Fanfani], 1818. 220 x 155 mm. Sacchini is depicted full-length, seated at a keyboard instrument with pedals, a book of music in his left hand, his right on the keyboard. Arrigoni & Bertarelli 3950. Sacchini was a leading figure in late 18th century opera. "In 1770 Burney considered him one of the four greatest composers of Italy, along with Jommelli, Galuppi and Piccinni... A critic of the next generation, Giuseppe Carpani, hailed Sacchini as the world's greatest melodist." David DiChiera and Joyce Johnson Robinson in Grove Music Online.

New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and dark blue with patterned overlay. 1f. (half title), 1f. (recto title, verso printing statemenet), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original title illustrated by B. Delaroche), 8 (introduction), [i] (named cast list), [iii] (contents), 1f. (full-page illustration), 259, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Saint-Huberti, Gavaudon, Laïs, Lainez, Chéron, and Rousseau. A reprint of the edition first published in Paris. Number 37 in the series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français. First performed at Fontainebleau in September of 1783 and in Paris at the Académie Royale de Musique on 9 February 1784.

New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and dark blue with patterned overlay. 1f. (half title), 1f. (recto title, verso printing statemenet), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original title illustrated by B. Delaroche), 8 (introduction), 1f. (note from Sacchini), [i] (named cast list), [iii] (contents), 1f. (blank), 1f. (full-page illustration), 269, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Le Vasseur, Maillard, Joinville, Chateauvieux, Gavaudan, Moreau, Lainé, Rousseau, Le Gros, Laïs, Chéron, and Chenard. Overlay slightly worn. A reprint of the edition first published in Paris. Number 38 in the series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français. First performed at the Académie Royale de Musique on 25 February 1783.

Paris: Janet et Cotelle [PN 104], 1825. Folio. Bifolium. 3, [i] (blank) pp. Titling to head of p.1; incipit "Votre cour devint mon azile..." Slightly worn and soiled; spine reinforced with Japanese paper; bookseller's and publisher's handstamps to page 1. Oedipe à Colone, a tragédie lyrique set to a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard after Sophocles, was first performed at Versaillles on 4 January 1786. "Oedipe à Colone was written during 1785 and performed for the first time at Versailles. Intrigues against the composer led to the abandonment of a revival at Fontainebleau, but by the time of Sacchini's death in October 1786 a production at the Opéra must have been planned. It was given there on 1 February 1787 and was an immediate and lasting success: it was performed more often - 583 times up to 1830 - than any other operas of its time, including Gluck's." Julian Rushton in Grove Music Online.

[?Paris], 1780. Bust-length. Within decorative circular border with two putti at upper portion, one holding a scroll incorporating titles to some of Sacchini's works. 265 x 188 mm. Slightly soiled and trimmed. Sacchini was a leading figure in late 18th century opera.

[Paris], 1786. 108 x 112 mm. Bust-length. Slightly browned and foxed. A fine impression on wove paper. Kinsky 204. Sacchini was a leading figure in late 18th century opera. "In 1770 Burney considered him one of the four greatest composers of Italy, along with Jommelli, Galuppi and Piccinni... A critic of the next generation, Giuseppe Carpani, hailed Sacchini as the world's greatest melodist." David DiChiera and Joyce Johnson Robinson in Grove Music Online.

Paris, 1809. 245 x 185 mm. An early proof, without titling. Slightly worn and soiled. Arrigoni & Bertarelli 3949. "In 1770 Burney considered [Sacchini] one of the four greatest composers of Italy, along with Jommelli, Galuppi and Piccinni. While he placed Piccinni supreme in the comic style, he nominated Sacchini 'the most promising composer in the serious'... A critic of the next generation, Giuseppe Carpani, hailed Sacchini as the world's greatest melodist... In general, his style is typical of the late Classical era with its simplicity of texture and balanced phrase structure. At times, however, the Mozartian melodic line gives way to expansive phrases that bring to mind the lyric style of the 19th century. Sacchini's harmony tends to be richer than that of most of his contemporary Italian opera composers..." David DiChiera and Joyce Johnson Robinson in Grove Music Online.

Berlin: Gebrüder Patel, 1980. Softcover. Good. Large octavo. Mid-tan printed wrappers. 225 pp. + 1f. (publisher's advertisements). Wrappers worn and detached; paper to spine partially lacking. Light uniform browning; former owner's name and date to upper outer corner of half-title.

New York: Norton, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 324 pp. In dustjacket.

New York: Da Capo, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. Boards. Octavo. xvi, 401; 561 pp.

Paris: Durand et Schoenewerk [PN D.S. 4025], 1890. Large octavo. Quarter contemporary red morocco with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, marbled endpapers. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (illustration of a scene from the opera), 1f. (title), [i] (facsimile of 2 medallions under which the text "Benvenuto fecit" is printed), [i] (note regarding the mise en scène), [i] (named cast list for the first performance), [ii] (table of contents), [i] (blank), 391, [i] (blank) pp. With publisher's partial handstamp to lower outer corner of half-title. Supplement ("Annexe") to pp. 388-391. Binding slighty worn, rubbed, and bumped. Minor foxing. Contemporary musical notation, somewhat smudged. An attractive copy overall. First Edition of the first version. Ratner II p. 205. Ascanio, to a libretto by Louis Gallet after Paul Meurice's play Benvenuto Cellini, was first performed in Paris at the Opéra on March 21, 1890. "Composed in 1887-8, Ascanio makes a grand opera of a play of… Read More

Paris: Durand Schoenewerk [PN D.S. & Cie. 2551], 1879. Large octavo. Half mid-blue cloth with marbled boards, speckled edges, marbled endpapers. 1f. (dedication), 1f. (decorative title printed in red and blue), 1f. (engraved frontispiece portrait of Etienne Marcel by G. Fraipont after A. de Neuville), 1f. (named cast list), 1f. (table of contents), 365, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Delrat, Stéphanne, Plançon, De Grave, Echetto, Baron, Nerval, Reine Mézeray, Amélie Luigini, Legénisel, Bonnefond, Morfer, and Frédéric. Publisher's and vendor's handstamps to lower blank margin of title. Binding very slightly worn and rubbed; minor soiling and wear to outer edge. Occasional very light soiling not affecting music. A very attractive copy overall. First Edition. Ratner II p. 99. First performed at the Grand Theatre in Lyons on 8 February 1879. Saint-Saens and Gallet took as subject matter for their historical drama the life of Etienne Marcel, hero of the 1358 popular rebellion during the… Read More

New York: G. Schirmer [PN 10196], 1892. Large octavo. Original publisher's decorative green wrappers. 1f. (decorative title), 1f. (cast list), [3]-17 (libretto), [i] (blank), 222 pp. Occasional performance notations in pencil. Spine slightly creased and faded. Some signatures split.

4 measures from Act II. Notated in black ink on an ivory album leaf, 133 x 203 mm. Very minor remnants of adhesive to upper corners of verso. Samson, an opéra in three acts and four tableaux to a libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire, was first performed in Weimar at the Grossherzogliches Theater on 2 December 1877. "His technique is unmistakably operatic, both in the skilful deployment of a large orchestra and in the application of motifs. At the time of Samson et Dalila Saint-Saëns still admired Wagner enormously, and the influence of Der fliegende Holländer and Lohengrin can be heard in the strong closing scene of Act 2. Echoes of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ and Les Troyens are also to be heard, and the work treads paths marked out by Meyerbeer and Gounod too. ... It is certainly his most imaginative opera score, and it reveals an instinct for theatrical emotion that any opera composer would be proud of. It allows us to savour some of the brilliance and intellectual vigour that even his enemies… Read More

Paris: Durand & Schoenewerk [PN D. S. 3714], 1887. Octavo. Half contemporary red morocco with marbled boards, titling gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (title with decorative borders in orange and light green by L. Denis, printed by Delanchy & Cie. in Paris), 1f. (named cast list with decorative borders in blue, bronze, and purple), 1f. (table of contents in purple), 245, [i] (blank) pp. Lithographed. Text in French. Publisher's monogrammatic handstamp to lower right corner of title. Cast list includes the names of the singers for the first performance. With small bookseller's label to lower corner of upper pastedown. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; partially split at joints. Slightly browned; several leaves with repairs to inner margins, not affecting music; pp. 9-16 misbound. First Edition of the first version. Ratner II, p. 170. Proserpine, to a libretto by Louis Gallet after August Vacquerie, was first performed at the Opéra Comique (Favart) on 14 March 1887.

Paris: A. Durand et Fils [PN D. & F. 4642], 1893. Octavo. Quarter contemporary red calf with textured red paper boards, titling and initials "A.G." gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (title printed in black and red), 1f. (frontispiece drawing by F. Marcotte of the "Scène de l'apparition," from Act 2 of the opera), 1f. (named cast list), 1f. (table of contents), 145, [i] (blank) pp. Transfer. Text in French. Publisher's monogrammatic handstamp to lower left corner of blank final page. Cast list with names of the singers for the first performance, including Sibyl Sanderson. Binding slightly worn and rubbed; head of spine slightly chipped. First Edition. Ratner II, p. 224. Phryné, to a libretto by L. Augé de Lassus, was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 24 May 1893.

Paris: A Durand & Fils [PN D. & F. 4803], 1894. Large octavo. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso cast list), 3-224 pp. Text in English. Occasional light foxing; some signatures split; occasional lyrics translated into French in blue ink; tape to inner margins of first leaf and verso of final leaf; minor tear to outer edge of title; minor tears to upper margin of third leaf, not affecting music. Lacking wrappers. First English edition. Ratner II, p. 23.