Bound volume containing one complete opera (Pacini's Merope) together with separately-issued operatic selections arranged for piano solo

Girard: Naples, 1838. Oblong quarto. Contemporary quarter dark brown calf with green textured paper boards, decorative dark brown leather label to upper with "Costanza Angelillo" gilt, spine in decorative compartments gilt. Occasional secondary pagination.

Contains:
Pacini, Giovanni 1796-1867
Merope Grand Opera ... arrangé pour Piano solo. [PNs 8867-8879]. Ca. 1848. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [1] (list of subscribers as of 24 December 1847) + 18 numbers in piano score with occasional text. Subscribers include Filippo Angelillo, in all likelihood related to Costanza Angelillo, owner of the volume. Merope, in 3 acts to a libretto (truncated) by Cammarano after Voltaire, was first performed in Naples at the Teatro S Carlo on 25 November 1847.

Pacini
Saffo ... Souvenirs. Choeur de femmes. Musical manuscript. 1f. (recto title on light green paper, verso blank), 6 pp.

Donizetti, Gaetano 1797-1848
Roberto Devereux ... Représenté au théâtre Royal de St. Charles le 28 Octobre 1837 ... L'opéra entier ... D.2.50. . 1er [-2ème] cahier. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 3-19, [i] (blank); 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 18 pp. [PNs 3939-3943]. Ca. 1838.

Donizetti
No. 8. Cavatine [PN 6045]. Ca. 1843. 6 pp., 1f. From Don Pasquale.

Donizetti
Linda di Chamounix Nouvel opéra ... arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. (recto title, verso blank). Cavatine O luce di quest' anima Ajoutée à Paris pour Mme. Persiani-Tacchinardi et chantée à Naples par Mme. Tadolini. 4 pp. [PN 5863]; No. 14 Air Final du 2ème Acte de Linda ... A consolarmi affrettati Chanté par Mme. Tadolini. 8 pp. [PN 5685]. Ca. 1840. 2 numbers in total.

Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor. No. 4. Duo chanté par Mme. Tacchinardi et par Duprez. 9-18 pp. [PN 3953]; Grand opéra ... arrangé par piano solo. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 9-15, [i] (blank) pp. [PN 3962]. Ca. 1838. 2 numbers in total.

Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901
I Due Foscari. No. 14 Choeur d'Introduction Allagioia. 4 pp. [PN 6884]; No. 2 Cavatine de Jacopo Dal più remoto esilio Chantée à Naples par Fraschini. 10 pp. [PN 6875]; No. 3 Choeur et Cavatine de Lucrezia Tu al cui sguardo Chantée à Naples par Mme. Bishop. 7, [i] (blank) pp. [PN 6876]; No. 6 Duo de Lucrezia et du Doge Tu pur lo sai Chanté à Naples par Mme. Bishop et Coletti. 9, [i] (blank) pp. [PN 6879]/ Ca. 1845. 4 numbers in total.

Verdi
Ernani ... arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. (recto title on light blue paper within decorative border, verso blank). No. 12 Suite et Stretta No vendetta. 4 pp. [PN 6647]; No. 14 Duo final d'Ernani et de Silva Esci a te scegli segimi. 9, [i] (blank) pp. [PN 6604]; No. 15. Air final de Mme. Toldi Se crudele il cor mostrai. 4 pp. [PNs 4312, 3222]; No. 3 Cavatine tyrolienne de Mme. Toldi In questo semplice. 7, [i] (blank) pp. [PNs 4302, 3221]. 4 numbers in total.

Bellini, Vincenzo 1801-1835
I Puritani. No. 18 Duo Il rival salvar tu dei Chanté Par Tamburini et Lablache. 12 pp. [PNs 4167, 2765]. Ca. 1842. 1 number in total.

Mercadante, Saverio 1795-1870
l Giuramento. ... arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. (recto title listing the 21 numbers in the opera, verso blank), No. 4. Quatuor Vicino a chi si adora. 5, [i] (blank) pp. [PN 4115]. Ca. 1847. 1 number in total.

Binding very slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Occasional light foxing. A clean, wide-margined copy overall. An attractively-bound collection. (Inventory #: 36247)