Record ID:
228728
Creator:
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Biographical Data:
German composer.
Title:
Hal welch ein reizendes Bild stellt dem trunkenen Auge sich dar, from Meyerbeer's Huguenots (album leaf) : manuscript in the hand of Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, 1851 Oct. 6.
Uniform title:
Huguenots (Album leaf)
Date:
1851 Oct. 6.
Inscription/Markings:
At the top: "Huguenotten [sic]." At the end: "À mon aimable joueur de Viole d'amour qui est capable de faire revivre l'amour de la viole Son bien affectionné G. Roger Berlin 6 8bre 1851."
Notes:
Nine measures in vocal score with the text "Ha! welch ein reizendes Bild stellt dem trunkenen Auge sich dar," the German version of the recitative preceding Raoul's Act 1 Romanze "Ihr Wangenpaar wie zwei blühende Rosen" in Meyerbeer's opera.
Roger writes it in D♭; it is in D in the published score.
Associated names:
Roger, Gustave-Hippolyte, 1815-1879, transcriber.
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Huguenots. Selections. German.
Ganz, Leopold, 1806-1869, former owner.
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