[Contredanses, quadrilles] - Rossini, Gioacchino 1792-1868; Meyerbeer, Giacomo 1791-1864; Auber, Daniel François Esprit 1782-1871; Hérold, Ferdinand 1791-1833 (France [?], 1828)
Violin part form dances taken from various nineteenth-century operas premiered at the Opéra, among others Meyerbeer's 'Il crociato in Egitto', Rossini's 'Moisé et Pharaon' and 'Le Siège de Corinthe', and Auber's 'Masaniello'. Other names attributed to some of the dances could be the composer's or even the choreographer's (F. de Hugonet, Mons. E. Sermont, Rigal, Mr. L.de B.). One of the dances possibly derives from Hérold ballet pantomime 'Astolphe et Joconde'.
The final page contains a five-bar fragment
Digitized by iGuana, Spring 2022
Meyerbeer's 'Il crociato in Egitto' premiered in 1824, Rossini's 'Moisé et Pharaon' in 1827, 'Le Siège de Corinthe' in 1826, Auber's 'Masaniello' in 1828, Hérold's 'Astolphe et Joconde' in 1827.
Purchased by Ton Koopman from the antiquarian librarian Dominique Coueffé, Lyon
Keywords: Opéra (Paris, France); 19th Century (1801-1900); Dance; Contredanse; Quadrille; Violin; Paris (France)