Falstaff : commedia lirica in tre atti / di Arrigo Boito ; musica di Giuseppe Verdi ; riduzione per canto e pianoforte di Carlo Carignani.

Record ID: 
404953
Accession number: 
PMC 1290
Creator: 
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer.
Biographical Data: 
Italian composer.
Title: 
Falstaff : commedia lirica in tre atti / di Arrigo Boito ; musica di Giuseppe Verdi ; riduzione per canto e pianoforte di Carlo Carignani.
Uniform title: 
Falstaff. Vocal score
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund in 2000.
Edition: 

Edizione da bibliofili.

Notes: 

Text based on Shakespeare's Merry wives of Windsor and King Henry IV.
Orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano.
First performance: Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 9 Feb. 1893.
Limited edition of 100 copies.
Page [i]: Black and white portrait of Verdi. Page [iii]: Illuminated title page. Page [iv]: "Edizione da bibliofili di 100 esemplari" with printed color bookplate with owners name and date. Color design matches color design around title page (page [v]). Page [vi] Title page verso information. Page [vii] Personaggi. Page [ix] Indice. Page [xi]. Title page for Act I, scene I.
Collection's copy is no. 13.
Pl. no. 69000 appears on p. 63.

Provenance: 

From the library of Signora Amelia Rosi nei Litta Biumi-Resta.

Associated names: 

Rosi, Amelia, former owner.
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
Carignani, Carlo, arranger of music.
Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection