Zémire et Azor par GRETRY : quelques questions à propos de la nouvelle falsification de cet opéra (1841, French)
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2022.11.22.1.BM.BO.1846.FRAuthor:
Jules LARDIN (probably Belgian or French, 1787 - c1870)Description
Pamphlet by Jules LARDIN concerning the falsification of the opera-ballet in four acts by André GRETRY, "Zémire et Azor" by Eugène SCRIBE. The book, printed by "Moessard et Jousset" is in hardcover and the total number of pages is 68 including 60 book pages + 1 page of musical score + 4 insert page (20x12 cm) titled "Profanation" + 2 cover pages and 12 blank pages. The book is dedicated by the author to Madame Louise DALLOT for whom the binding of the book was specially made.Jules LARDIN (1787-c1870) had frequented in his youth the composer from Liège, then French, André GRETRY (1741-1813) author of the opera-ballet "Zémire et Azor". "Zémire et Azor", adaptation of the tale "Beauty and the Beast" by Jeanne-Marie LEPRINCE de BEAUMONT, will be presented for the first time before the court of France, in Fontainebleau, on November 9, 1771, then at the Comédie-Italienne , in Paris, on December 16, 1771. Considered one of GRETRY's three best scores, Eugène SCRIBE (1791-1861) reworked the score to reduce it to two acts, in a revival, at the Opéra-Comique, on February 21, 1832. To finally be restored to four acts at the revival of June 29, 1846.
The booklet was dedicated on September 22, 1846 by the author Jules LARDIN, to Madame Louise LAVALLEY, residing at 75 rue Rambuteau in Paris, wife of Monsieur Henri DALLOT, merchant, from whom she will divorce.
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1846 Paris, FranceDimensions
Width : 1 cmLength : 15 cm
Height : 23 cm