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Didon; tragédie lyrique en trois actes
With Didon, Piccinni demonstrated his ability to combine both Italian and French styles to create a compelling tragédie lyrique. The opera includes lyrical Italian melodies and a second-act finale, as well as French choruses and numbers that transition continuously without pauses. Didon was premiered at Fountainebleau on 16 October 1783, and it remained one of Piccinni’s most popular French operas, with performances through the first part of the nineteenth century. The story of Dido had been realized on the operatic stage before Piccinni’s setting, including Cavalli’s Didone (1641), Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (c. 1689), and Vinci’s Didone abbandonata (1726) with a libretto by Metastasio.
Date:
1815
Creator:
Piccinni, Niccolò, 1728-1800 & Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armide: drame héroïque
Armide was premiered at the Paris Opéra on September 23, 1777, recalling the earlier success of Lully’s opera of the same name, which premiered nearly a century earlier on February 15, 1686. After collaborating on several reform operas with Calzabigi, Gluck revived the older dramatic tradition of Quinault (Lully's librettist) by setting the older text in the modern musical style. The seventeenth-century five act model requires more continuous music, with few distinct arias, as well as divertissements and spectacular effects. Gluck also respects the tragic conclusion endemic to the model, avoiding the modern practice of the lieto fine ("happy ending") in which misfortunes are reversed at the last possible moment.
Date:
1811
Creator:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes
Although he did not have a production planned, Gluck composed the music for Iphigénie en Aulide for Paris, with the intention (along with Roullet) of establishing himself at the Opéra. He initially had difficulties convincing the Academy of Music to arrange for the production, but with the support of Marie Antoinette, the opera was finally realized in 1773. Gluck revised Iphigénie for performances in 1775. The most significant change was the addition of Diana as a character, whose appearance serves as the deus ex machina of the plot. He also altered and expanded the divertissements.
Date:
1811
Creator:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iphigenie en Aulide; tragédie. Opera en trois actes
Although he did not have a production planned, Gluck composed the music for Iphigénie en Aulide for Paris, with the intention (along with Roullet) of establishing himself at the Opéra. He initially had difficulties convincing the Academy of Music to arrange for the production, but with the support of Marie Antoinette, the opera was finally realized in 1773. Gluck revised Iphigénie for performances in 1775. The most significant change was the addition of Diana as a character, whose appearance serves as the deus ex machina of the plot. He also altered and expanded the divertissements.
Date:
1811
Creator:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Variations à quatre mains pour le piano-forte sur une theme de Monsieur le Comte de Waldstein
An edition of Beethoven's Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein, for piano, 4 hands in C major, WoO 67. This copy is from the Allen and Madeleine Forte Memorial Collection of the UNT Music Library, Box 1, Folder 2.
Date:
1807~
Creator:
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Le nozze di Figaro: dramma giocoso in quattro atti, volume 1
Volume 1 of a score for Mozart's Nozze di Figaro, published between 1806 and 1809. Most recitatives are in Italian only; arias and ensembles include interlinear French translation.
Date:
1806/1809
Creator:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 & Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Le nozze di Figaro: dramma giocoso in quattro atti, volume 2
Volume 2 of a score for Mozart's Nozze di Figaro, published between 1806 and 1809. Most recitatives are in Italian only; arias and ensembles include interlinear French translation.
Date:
1806/1809
Creator:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 & Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pasilogie, ou de la musique: considérée comme langue universelle
1806 edition of Pasilogie, ou de la musique: considérée comme langue universelle.
Date:
1806
Creator:
Vismes, Anne Pierre Jacques de, 1745-1819
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Les deux journées
Vocal score of Luigi Cherubini's rescue opera "Les deux journées" (also known by the title, The water carrier) to a libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. The first performance took place in Paris at Théâtre Feydeau on January 16, 1800 followed by 56 performance during that year. Les deux journées remained in the international repertory of operas for most of the 19th century. The piano reduction contains the text in French and German.
Date:
1800~
Creator:
Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842.
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Matrimonio segreto : dramma giocoso in due atti = ou, Le mariage secret : opera comiLe mariage secret : opera comique en deux actesque en deux actes
Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 7 February 1792, just two months after Mozart’s death. It received immediate accolades, particularly from Emperor Leopold II, and the opera was performed a second time that day for a private audience that included the Holy Roman ruler. Il matrimonio segreto enjoyed a successful run that lasted almost a hundred years, with revised versions appearing in the second half of the nineteenth century; in 1933, the work was performed at the Library of Congress. Although the harmonic language is largely diatonic, Cimarosa’s beautiful melodies and exciting rhythms complement Bertati’s direct text. The opera presents the predicament of the secretly married couple without resorting to stock plot conventions such as characters in disguise, conveying the dramatic naturalness and simplicity promoted by Rousseau. The inventive orchestration, which includes clarinets, was another aspect of the opera that was praised by some (while Schumann appreciated the orchestration, Berlioz was unimpressed).
Date:
1799
Creator:
Cimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801 & Bertati, Giovanni, 1735-1815
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de Haydn, Cahier II contenant XI Pièces pour le Pianoforte
This volume includes six piano sonatas, three sets of theme and variations, one fantasia, and one capricio [sic] with incipits for all pieces.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de Haydn, Cahier III contenant VI Sonates pour le Pianoforte
This volume includes the piano parts for six piano trios (called "sonatas" on the title page) with incipits.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier I contenant VIII Sonates pour le Pianoforte
This volume includes eight piano sonatas, preceded by pages featuring a portrait of the composer, a letter of dedication from the composers to the consumers of this item, and incipits of all eight sonatas.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier IV contenant VIII Pièces pour le Pianoforte
This volume includes the piano parts for six piano sonatas and one arietta (for solo piano) and the piano parts to a trio for piano, flute, and 'cello. Incipits are included for all pieces.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier IX contenant XXXIII Airs et Chansons
Though the cover of this volume is in French, the title page gives the same information in German. This latter language also receives pride of place in the text underlay: Most songs are solely in German but, when lyrics are given in two languages, German is immediately below the musical staves with either Italian or French in italics below the German. Songs use one to three voices with the voice part sometimes integrated into the top staff of the piano part with text underlay indicating when to sing. Several songs are set for three-part Männerchor or four-part chorus with piano accompaniment. In strophic settings, only the first stanza of poetry appears in the score; the rest are included as addenda at the end of the piece. The volume concludes with a table of contents given the name and first line of each song in all languages used for each entry.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier V contenant V Sonates pour le Pianoforte
This volume includes the piano parts for five piano trios (called "sonatas" on the title page) with incipits.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier VI contenant V Sonates pour le Pianoforte
This volume includes the piano parts for five piano trios (called "sonatas" on the title page) with incipits.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier VII contenant VI Sonates pour le Pianoforte
This volume includes the piano parts for six piano trios (called "sonatas" on the title page) with incipits.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier VIII
This volume contains fifteen sacred and secular songs for one to four voices with piano accompaniment. Contrary to the title page, the titles of each song are given either in German or German and Italian. When both languages are present in the text underlay, the Italian text sits directly below the staves with German below the Italian. Most songs either give "Singstimme" or a voice part for the vocal staves; some give names of characters, possibly indicating a theatrical or semi-dramatic performance context. Songs for one voice tend to be strophic while part songs are through-composed. Authors such as Gellert, Metastasio, and Shakespeare figure among the authors (most anonymous) of the texts. As with the other binlingual pieces in this volume, the scene "Arianna a Naxos" is set in Italian and German. The interaction of the soprano voice and piano accompaniment as well as the structural alternation between arioso/aria and recitative reveals this piece to be a solo cantata. The volume concludes with a four-page catalog of all of Breitkopf und Härtel's publications in Leipzig complete with price in thalers for each piece and a table of contents. The positioning of the Inhalt at the end of the volume reflects …
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier X contenant VIII Sonates pour le Pianoforte
This volume contains the piano parts to eight piano sonatas - five accompanied by violin and 'cello, three accompanied by violin - all with incipits.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier XI contenant XII Sonates pour le Pianoforte
This volume contains twelves piano sonatas with incipits for each piece.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Cahier XII contenant 9 Pièces pour le Pianoforte
This volume contains the piano parts for eight piano sonatas (some accompanied either by violin or violin and 'cello) and one adagio. Incipits are present for all pieces.
Date:
1799
Creator:
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Romeo et Juliette, opera en trois actes, en prose
This is the score of Daniel Steibelt's first opera "Roméo et Juliette" composed in 1793 to a libretto by Vicomte Alexandre de Ségur. According to Grove Music, Steibelt submitted this opera to the Académie Royale de Musique, but it was rejected. The work was performed as opéra comique at the Théâtre Feydeau on 9 October 1793, after Steibelt replaced the original recitatives with spoken dialog. The opera is in three acts and the orchestral forces comprise: woodwinds (flutes (2), oboes (2), clarinets (2), and bassoon (2)), brass instruments (horns in E-flat (2), trumpets in C (2), and trombones (3)), timpani in C, and strings (violins, viola, violoncello, and bass). On the t.p., the publisher advertised Steibelt's arrangement for the piano of arias and overture of this opera.
Date:
1793
Creator:
Steibelt, Daniel, 1765-1823.
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Partitione della Nina, osia, La pazza per amore
Score for Giovanni Paisiello's opera Partitione della Nina, osia, La pazza per amore. A handwritten page in French is pasted onto one of the front end pages; there is no title page or other such identifying information. Listed as 1.78 in the Robinson thematic catalog, it premiered on June 25, 1789 at the Belvedere, S. Leucio (Caserta).
Date:
1790~
Creator:
Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816
Object Type:
Musical Score/Notation
System:
The UNT Digital Library