MOZART OPERA - IDOMENEO SCARCE EARLY VOCAL SCORE LEIPZIG 1815 GERMAN / ITALIAN

Description: ONE OF SEVERAL MUSICAL OPERA SCORES RECENTLY ACQUIRED, ALL OF WHICH CAME FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARL OF HAREWOOD (1923-2011) OF HAREWOOD HOUSE, COUSIN OF OUR LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA. Idomeneo Re Di Creta Opera seria in tre Alti di W.A.Mozart. Idomeneus Konig von Creta ernsthafte Oper in drey Aufzugen im Klavierauszuge von A.E.Muller. Breitkopf und Hartel, LEIPZIG [1815]. Oblong large quarto, c 34 x 26cm. pp [4], 164. Plate 2286. Text in Italian and German. Contemporary worn paper covered boards, half leather, the spine worn, chipped at ends, corners are worn. Few early leaves corners sl worn but no loss. Boards are attached, Endpaper spotted, the leaves are generally v.clean.y margins sl thumbed. Undated but 1815. A Good copy of a very early edition of the vocal score of his opera Idomeneo, King of Crete, first performed in 1781. From the library of the distinguished music administrator George Lascelles, the 7th Earl of Harewood of Harewood House, first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth, with his bookplate to the front pastedown.

Price: 375 GBP

Location: Blackburn

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