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Book/Printed Material Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine : containing the Italian text, with an English translation, and the music of all the principal airs

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Title

  • Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine : containing the Italian text, with an English translation, and the music of all the principal airs

Names

  • Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. cmp
  • Fétio, François-Joseph, 1784-1871, supposed librettist. lbt
  • Scribe, Eugène, supposed librettist, 1791-1861. lbt

Created / Published

  • Boston : Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington Street, [c1866]

Headings

  • -  Operas--Librettos
  • -  Selika
  • -  Inez
  • -  Anna
  • -  Nelusko
  • -  Pedro
  • -  Grande Inquisitore
  • -  Diego
  • -  Gran Sacerdote Di Brama
  • -  Alvar
  • -  Inquisitori
  • -  Vasco Di Gama

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Publisher's list and imprint--front cover; advertisements--inside front cover; copyright dated 1866--verso of title page; synopsis--p. 1; advertisements--p. 25, p. [1]-[5] at end, and on back cover.
  • -  Libretto in Italian and English in parallel columns.
  • -  Libretto by Scribe and F.J. Fétis--New Grove.
  • -  Translator unknown.
  • -  Singers' names not given.

Medium

  • [2], 25, [5] p. : music ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML48 [S6411]
  • Microfilm Music 1854, reel 132. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010657796

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, . Cmp, François-Joseph Fétio, and Eugène Scribe. Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine: containing the Italian text, with an English translation, and the music of all the principal airs. [Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington Street, 1866] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010657796/.

APA citation style:

Meyerbeer, G., Fétio, F. & Scribe, E. (1866) Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine: containing the Italian text, with an English translation, and the music of all the principal airs. [Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington Street] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010657796/.

MLA citation style:

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, . Cmp, François-Joseph Fétio, and Eugène Scribe. Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine: containing the Italian text, with an English translation, and the music of all the principal airs. [Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington Street, 1866] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010657796/>.