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Les deux chasseurs et la laitière; comédie en un acte

Description: Duni’s French style was shaped by the developments of the War of the Buffoons, which pitted French tragic opera against Italian comic opera. The newly emergent opéra comique genre, for which Duni is still considered to be one of the major contributors, combined elements of both styles. His significance in the development of opéra comique is evident in the long-term success of Les deux chasseurs et la laitière, which was performed at the Comédie-Italien until 1792, almost twenty years after th… more
Date: 1763
Creator: Duni, Egidio, 1708-1775 & Anseaume, M. (Louis), 1721-1784
Partner: UNT Music Library

Les deux comtesses : opera bouffon imité de l'Italien et parodié sous la musique

Description: Paisiello’s comic operas were some of the most successful of the time. In point of fact, his operas enjoyed 251 performances in Vienna between 1783 and 1792, compared to 63 performances of Mozart’s operas. The intermezzo Le due comtesse, which first appeared in Rome (with an all-male cast) on 3 January 1776, was translated to French and parodied by Nicolas Etienne Framery, who also adapted Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Parisian stage.
Date: 178X
Creator: Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816 & Framery, Nicolas Etienne, 1745-1810
Partner: UNT Music Library

Les deux journées

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Music Library

Le devin du village

Description: As with many French operas, Rousseau’s Le devin du village was first staged for the court, appearing at Fountainebleau on 18 October 1752. The work was then performed at the Paris Opéra on 1 March 1753. The historical importance of this short intermè is closely tied to its role in the famous Querelle de bouffons, a debate about the merits of French serious opera in comparison to Italian comic opera (especially Pergolesi’s La serva padrona).
Date: 1785
Creator: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Partner: UNT Music Library

Didon; tragédie lyrique en trois actes

Description: 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… more
Date: 1815
Creator: Piccinni, Niccolò, 1728-1800 & Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799
Partner: UNT Music Library

Echo et Narcisse, drame lyrique en trois actes

Description: After the resounding success of Iphigénie en Tauride (1779), Gluck set out to compose his last of the seven Paris operas, which turned out to be his final opera. Whereas Iphigénie en Tauride is often considered Gluck’s best opera, its immediate successor, Echo et Narcisse (1779) was ill-fated and quickly disappeared from the repertoire. Echo was premiered a mere four months after Tauride, and the Parisian audience was not prepared for the differences between these two operas. Although the mu… more
Date: 1779
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Tschudi, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore, baron de, 1734-1784
Partner: UNT Music Library

Les Elemens

Description: This four-act ballet was premiered on 22 December 1721 at the Tullieries and, later, performed at L'Academie Royale de Musique on 29 May 1725 and 27 May 1734, and at the Theatre on 22 May 1742. Various dramatis personae present an allegorical depiction of the French court.
Date: 1742
Creator: Destouches, André Cardinal, 1672-1749
Partner: UNT Music Library

Épreuve villageoise : opéra bouffon en deux actes en vers

Description: 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 perf… more
Date: 1784
Creator: Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813 & Desforges, M. (Pierre-Jean-Baptiste), 1746-1806
Partner: UNT Music Library

Extrait des airs françois

Description: This collection of opera arias is scored for either one, two, or three voices with continuo (with figures). Some songs call for an obbligato violin. An alphabetical table of contents is located at the end of the volume.
Date: 1775~
Partner: UNT Music Library

Fantaisie pour le piano sur un air de Bellini

Description: Musical score containing the piano piece for "Fantaisie pour le piano sur un air de Bellini" by Leopold von Meyer.
Date: 1845
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Partner: UNT Music Library

Fantaisie sur L'elisire d'amore, op. 32

Description: Musical score containing the piano piece for "Fantaisie sur L'elisire d'amore," part of opus 32 by Leopold von Meyer.
Date: 184X
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Partner: UNT Music Library

Fantaisie sur Les Hirondelles

Description: Musical score containing the piano part for "Fantaisie sur Les Hirondelles" by Leopold von Meyer.
Date: 184X
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Partner: UNT Music Library

Fantaisie sur Norma, [op.40]

Description: Musical score containing the piano piece for "Fantaisie sur Norma," part of opus 40 by Leopold von Meyer.
Date: 184X
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Partner: UNT Music Library

Fileuse: parodie d'Omphale

Description: Lyrics for the opera "Fileuse: parodie d'Omphale" comprising 11 scenes, with a melody for one of the last pieces.
Date: 1752
Creator: Vadé, M. (Jean Joseph), 1719-1757 & Destouches, M. (André Cardinal), 1672-1749
Partner: UNT Music Library

La fileuse: parodie d'Omphale

Description: "A parody in one act on André Cardinal Destouches' opera, Omphale."
Date: unknown
Creator: Vadé, M. (Jean Joseph), 1719-1757
Partner: UNT Music Library

Grand galop de bravoure

Description: This is a digital copy of "Grand galop de bravoure" by Leopold von Meyer. This piece was issued as the fourth of four pieces published under the title "Repertoire de Léopold de Meyer." The Austrian composer and pianist von Meyer, had a successful performance career in Russia, eastern Europe and Vienna and also achieved success in London and Paris. He visited the United States on October 1845 and his histrionic performance style and bravura showpieces were received with wide acclaim. "Grand g… more
Date: 184X
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883.
Partner: UNT Music Library

Grand septuor, op. 20

Description: An arrangement for 2 pianos, 4 hands, of Beethoven's Grand Septuor, op. 20, which was originally for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double-bass. Parts are on facing pages; UNT's copy lacks the title page and page 2 (the first page of the lower piano part).
Date: 188X
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Partner: UNT Music Library
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