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a| Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste d| 1741-1813 4| cmp 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q210962 9| 4756

a| Silvain. b| Comédie en un acte et en vers

a| 1st ed.

a| Paris b| Grétry a| Lyon b| Castaud b| Serrières c| 1770

a| [ii]-134 pages b| manuscript pensil notes on frontmatter

a| Silvain, a one-act opéra-comique, was one of Grétry's biggest early successes. The plot concerns Silvain, who works as a poor farmer after being disinherited by his rich father for marrying a lower-class woman. The pastoral theme and its celebration of rural life was common in opéra-comique of the time but Marmontel's libretto goes much further in advocating social equality and defending the rights of peasants against the encroachment of landowners.

a| contains spoken texts as well

a| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvain_(opera)

a| Premiered at the Comédie-italienne, Paris, 19 February 1770

a| Dédié A son Alltesse Royale Monseigneur Le Prince Charles de Pologne Duc de Saxe de Courlande et de Semigalle

a| Opéra-Comique (Paris, France) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q872222 9| 20953

a| 18th Century (1701-1800) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7015 9| 20899

a| Opera 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1344 9| 2468

a| Comedy 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q40831 9| 21436

a| Paris (France) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q90 9| 160

4| lbt a| Marmontel, Jean-François d| 1723-1799 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q379923 9| 4757

u| https://archive.org/details/silvaincomdie1ac00grtr/page/n2 3| Internet Archive

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b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C3.03 01A08

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