L'Africaine : opéra en 5 actes

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Title: L'Africaine : opéra en 5 actes
Alternative Title: Africaine. Vocal score
Creator: Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864
Contributor: Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.
Published / Created: 1843 Nov 6.
Abstract: Vocal score, holograph, corrected, of Meyerbeer's first version of the opera, "terminé le 6 Novembre 1843".
Description: Meyerbeer began work on the opera, on a libretto by Eugène Scribe, in 1837. He completed a first version in 1843, and continued to revise the work until 1863. After Meyerbeer's death in 1864, François-Joseph Fétis made further revisions, and the opera was premiered at the Paris Opéra on April 28, 1865.
Available on microfilm
Title from cover.
Provenance: Purchased from Autographes on the Edith and Richard French Fund and the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
Extent: 1 ms. vocal score ([352] p.); 27 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Vocal scores with piano
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Name): Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Subject (Topic): Composers
Operas
Subjects: Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864
Composers > France > 19th century
Operas > Vocal scores with piano
France > 19th century

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Citation: Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africaine. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.