Sketches for Il pirata, act 1 : autograph manuscript, 1827?

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Record ID: 
114212
Creator: 
Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
Biographical Data: 
Italian composer.
Title: 
Sketches for Il pirata, act 1 : autograph manuscript, 1827?
Uniform title: 
Pirata. Atto 1o. Introduzione (Sketches)
Date: 
1827?
Credit Line: 
Purchased as the gift of Gordon P. Getty and Laurence D. Lovett.
Inscription/Markings: 

In the right margin of p. 1: "Pirata--Autografo di Vincenzo Bellini, donato mi dall'avvo. Fran/cesco Chiarenza il 23 febbo. 1886.--Prof. AAmore."

Notes: 

Sketches for the "Introduzione" of Act I, beginning with the words "[la] speme contrasta con l'onde" (p. 22 in the first-edition piano-vocal score), and ending with "la nobil signora" (first edition, p. 25), followed by two variant settings of "notizia del caso ... la nobil signora."
On staff 14 of the recto is a draft of Gualtiero's "la mia vita omai dipende da Imogene ..." from the opening number of the opera (first edition, p. 36).
Libretto by F. Romani.

Associated names: 

Romani, Felice, 1788-1865, librettist.
Chiarenza, Francesco, former owner.
Amore, Antonio, former owner.
Getty, Gordon, donor.
Lovett, Laurence D., donor.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Morgan Collection