1878 · Paris
by OFFENBACH, Jacques 1819-1880
Paris: Choudens Père et Fils [PN A.C. 3862], 1878. Large octavo. Full modern dark grey cloth. 1f. (recto decorative title, verso blank), 1f. (recto notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents, verso blank), 3-187, [i] (blank) pp.
Named cast includes Peschard, Paola Marié, Girard, Humberta, Fanny Robert, Descot, Blot, Blanche, Daubray, Jolly, Troy, Scipion, Peschieux, Maxnère, Dubois, Jannin, Chambéry, Sassard, and Montaubry.
Slightly browned and foxed; trimmed, affecting text at foot of title but not affecting music; tear to outer edges of pp. 67-70. First Edition.
Maître Peronilla, to a libretto by Nuittier and Ferrier, was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens on 13 March 1878.
"[Offenbach] was, with Johann Strauss (ii), one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. (Inventory #: 29225)
Named cast includes Peschard, Paola Marié, Girard, Humberta, Fanny Robert, Descot, Blot, Blanche, Daubray, Jolly, Troy, Scipion, Peschieux, Maxnère, Dubois, Jannin, Chambéry, Sassard, and Montaubry.
Slightly browned and foxed; trimmed, affecting text at foot of title but not affecting music; tear to outer edges of pp. 67-70. First Edition.
Maître Peronilla, to a libretto by Nuittier and Ferrier, was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens on 13 March 1878.
"[Offenbach] was, with Johann Strauss (ii), one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. (Inventory #: 29225)