Record ID
404953
Accession number
PMC 1290
Creator
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer.
Biographical Data
Italian composer.
Object title
Falstaff : commedia lirica in tre atti / di Arrigo Boito ; musica di Giuseppe Verdi ; riduzione per canto e pianoforte di Carlo Carignani.
Uniform title
Falstaff. Vocal score
Credit line
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund in 2000.
Provenance
From the library of Signora Amelia Rosi nei Litta Biumi-Resta.
Notes
Text based on Shakespeare's Merry wives of Windsor and King Henry IV.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
First performance: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 9 Feb. 1893.
Limited edition of 100 copies.
Page [i]: Black and white portrait of Verdi. Page [iii]: Illuminated title page. Page [iv]: "Edizione da bibliofili di 100 esemplari" with printed color bookplate with owners name and date. Color design matches color design around title page (page [v]). Page [vi] Title page verso information. Page [vii] Personaggi. Page [ix] Indice. Page [xi]. Title page for Act I, scene I.
Collection's copy is no. 13.
Pl. no. 69000 appears on p. 63.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
First performance: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 9 Feb. 1893.
Limited edition of 100 copies.
Page [i]: Black and white portrait of Verdi. Page [iii]: Illuminated title page. Page [iv]: "Edizione da bibliofili di 100 esemplari" with printed color bookplate with owners name and date. Color design matches color design around title page (page [v]). Page [vi] Title page verso information. Page [vii] Personaggi. Page [ix] Indice. Page [xi]. Title page for Act I, scene I.
Collection's copy is no. 13.
Pl. no. 69000 appears on p. 63.
Edition
Edizione da bibliofili.
Associated names
Rosi, Amelia, former owner.
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
Carignani, Carlo, arranger of music.
Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
Carignani, Carlo, arranger of music.
Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.
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