Tom Jones Comic Opera in three acts based on the novel by Henry Fielding Libretto by Antoine Alexandre Henri Poinsinet revised by Jean-Michel Sedaine English version by Adrian Salter edited by Nicolas McGegan and Adrian Salter. [Piano-vocal score]
by PHILIDOR, François-André Danican 1726-1795
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London: Boosey & Hawkes [PN B. & H. 20295], 1978. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers with illustration in mid-tan after Cruikshank. 1f. (recto half title, verso title in French), 1f. (recto title in English, verso copyright statement), v-vii (editor's note), [viii] (blank), ix (notes on first performance, cast list, orchestration, and act settings), x (contents), 185, [i] (publisher's catalogue) pp.
Small price handstamp to upper margin of half-title.
Wrappers slightly worn. First performed in Paris at the Comédie Italienne on 22 February 1765. The first performance of the present version was given in Cambridge at the ADC Theatre by the Cambridge University Opera Society on 27 October 1971.
Small price handstamp to upper margin of half-title.
Wrappers slightly worn. First performed in Paris at the Comédie Italienne on 22 February 1765. The first performance of the present version was given in Cambridge at the ADC Theatre by the Cambridge University Opera Society on 27 October 1971.
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- Seller
- J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 29471
- Title
- Tom Jones Comic Opera in three acts based on the novel by Henry Fielding Libretto by Antoine Alexandre Henri Poinsinet revised by Jean-Michel Sedaine English version by Adrian Salter edited by Nicolas McGegan and Adrian Salter. [Piano-vocal score]
- Author
- PHILIDOR, François-André Danican 1726-1795
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes [PN B. & H. 20295]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- 18th century French opera, 18th century French music, 18th century French operetta
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