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Barbe bleue : comédie en prose et en trois actes

Description: Although the story of Bluebeard was familiar to French readers from Charles Perrault’s 1698 collection of children’s tales, transferring it to the operatic stage was problematic due in large part to the gruesome nature of the plot. Other violent works had appeared in Paris, but in this instance, the drama was to be performed at the Comédie-Italienne, which typically featured lighter plots than that of Raoul and Isaure. Nevertheless, the opera had a successful run, receiving over a hundred per… more
Date: 1789
Creator: Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813 & Sedaine, 1719-1797
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Barbier de Seville [Il barbiere di Siviglia] Opéra comique en quatre actes

Description: Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia was based on the first play, Le barbier de Séville, ou La precaution inutile (1772), of Beaumarchais’s famous trilogy. The controversial commentary on aristocracy caused the play to be banned from the stage for three years. The ban was lifted in 1775 and the work premiered that same year; Beaumarchais finally saw the work performed in 1780 when he was employed by Catherine II in St. Petersburg. Although Rossini’s later opera (of 1816) is more familiar tod… more
Date: 1789
Creator: Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816; Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799 & Framery, Nicolas Etienne, 1745-1810
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Daniel Boardman

Description: Portrait of Daniel Boardman, posing next to a tree out-of-doors. He is wearing a light-colored suit with a dark-colored coat and is holding a hat and cane in his hands. A river and city are visible in the background.
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Date: 1789
Creator: Earl, Ralph
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The Washington Family

Description: Portrait of the Washington Family, posing around a table that has a map on it. On the left side, a man wearing a yellow and black suit is seated at the table; a young boy is standing next to him with his hand on a globe. On the right side of the painting, an older woman is seated across from the gentleman and a younger woman is standing behind the table, holding a map. A second man is visible behind them.
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Date: 1789/1796
Creator: Savage, Edward
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Brandenburg Gate

Description: Panorama, E front with Tuscan pavilions & replicated side buildings
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Date: 1788/1791
Creator: LANGHANS, Karl Gotthard
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A Cotillion

Description: One-half of a satirical cartoon depicts dancers in various poses in a horizontal line across the page.
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Date: 1788
Creator: Gillray, James
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Dr. David Rogers

Description: Portrait of Dr. David Rodgers, seated in an armchair with red upholstery. He is holding a book in his left hand and a bookcase is visible in the background.
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Date: 1788
Creator: Earl, Ralph
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Hercules: an oratorio in score

Description: The plot of this oratorio centers around Hercules's death by an inadvertent action of his wife Dejanira. Handel set to music the English libretto by Rev. Thomas Broughton's English, based on Sophocles' Trachiniae, and additions from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The performance forces include: soloists (SATB) and mixed chorus with oboes (2) violins (2), viola, Bass (unspecifdied) and continue. The index that appears on p.248 contains the incipits of arias, recitative and choruses for each of the thre… more
Date: 1788/1789
Creator: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 & Broughton, Thomas, 1704-1774
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The musick for the Royal fireworks

Description: This is a [ca. 1788] score of one of the arrangements Handel made of his "Music for the Royal Fireworks." The caption title gives indication that this version contains the music as performed in 1749. The Grove Dictionary of Music lists two other arrangements from ca. 1746. The performance forces of this edition include: trumpets (3), horns (3), timpani, oboes (2), bassoon, and strings (violin, viola, violoncello, and contrabass). The plate no. appears in both Roman and Arabic forms: No. XXI… more
Date: 1788
Creator: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
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Sosarme

Description: This item is a copy from [ca. 1790] of the score of Handel's opera Sosarme to a libretto by Matteo Noris. The performance forces include: oboe, horns, strings (violin, viola, bass), continuo, and soloist singers. A list of important musical numbers, solo arias and duets of each act appears on p.116. The names of the subscribers appear on pp.[119-120]. The title page contains an engraving showing two mythological figures [possibly, the god Apollo and the Muse Erato] and musical instrument… more
Date: 1788
Creator: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
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Le Duc d'Uzes

Description: Painting depicting Le Duc d'Uzes.
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Date: 1787
Creator: Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-Lebrun
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