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Épreuve villageoise : opéra bouffon en deux actes en vers

L’épreuve villageoise started out as Théodore et Paulin before Grétry convinced Desforges to rewrite the libretto. The original three-act opera was reduced to two acts, and the improbabilities of the original plot were reworked. Théodore et Paulin received one performance at Versailles on 5 March 1784, but it was never published. L’épreuve villageoise appeared at the Comédie-Italienne on 24 June 1784. This revision remained one of the most popular of Grétry’s opéra-comiques, receiving performances throughout the nineteenth century.
Date: 1784
Creator: Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813 & Desforges, M. (Pierre-Jean-Baptiste), 1746-1806
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Carte réduite des parties connues du globe terrestre : dressée au dépost des cartes plans et journaux de la marine pour le service des vaisseaux français.

Map shows major cities, physical features, some political divisions, for 6 continents, including "Nouvelle Hollande" [Australia]; upper portion of North America bears a note inferring it is unknown whether it is sea or land. Includes notes and text. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1784
Creator: Dépôt général de la marine
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dardanus : tragédie lyrique en quatre actes

Like Renaud, Sacchini’s second French opera, Dardanus, faced problems due in large part to the composer’s Italian heritage. The opera is based on Rameau’s Dardanus, which had been a topic of earlier dispute between the Lullistes and the Ramistes. After an initially disappointing reception, Dardanus was reduced from four acts to three. In its first form, the opera received only six performances, but the three-act version was performed more than thirty times during the eighteenth century. Dardanus went on to enjoy several productions in the first decade of the nineteenth century.
Date: 1784
Creator: Sacchini, Antonio, 1730-1786; Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814 & La Bruère, Le Clerc de, 1714-1754
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Les Danaïdes, tragédie lirique en cinq actes

Antonio Salieri began work on Les Danaïdes upon the recommendation of Gluck, whose health prevented him from fulfilling a commission for the work. Although Salieri was living in Vienna, the tragedie-lyrique was written for the Opéra in Paris, with a libretto by François Louis Gand Leblanc Roullet and Ludwig Theodor Tschudi based on Calzabigi’s Italian libretto.
Date: 1784
Creator: Salieri, Antonio, 1750-1825; Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786 & Tschudi, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore, baron de, 1734-1784
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chimène, ou, le Cid: tragédie lyrique en trois actes

A 1784 edition of Sacchini's Chimène, ou, le Cid. A label is pasted over original publishing imprint, and reads: Chez Imbault marchand de musique au mont d'or rue st honoré et la rue de Poulies NO. 627.
Date: 1784
Creator: Sacchini, Antonio, 1730-1786; Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814 & Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library