[Dances and songs in different hands for viola d'amore or pardessus de viole solo, also some later violin parts and ensemble pieces] - Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste 1741-1813; Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre 1729-1817 (s.l., 1770)
Collection of dances, marches and other short pieces, mostly generic (e.g., "Menuet", "Allemande"...), but some with references to popular songs and operatic successes of the day. Some works are still to be identified: "Ariette de Julie"
Digitized by iGuana, Spring 2022
Grétry's 'Le Huron' premiered at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris, on 20 August 1768; Grétry's 'Lucile' at the Comédie-Italienne, on 5 January 1769; Monsigny's 'Le Déserteur' at the Comédie-Italienne on 6 March 1769; Grétry's 'Les Deux avares' in Fontainebleau, on 27 October 1770
Ex libris Professeur A. Keller, Emile Meyer (stamp)
Contempary leather binding with gilded stamps, floral decorations
Keywords: Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France); 18th Century (1701-1800); Polonaise; Aria; Minuet; March; France