[Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor] Le Vispe Comari di Windsor Opera Comico-Fantastica in Tre Atti tratta dalla commedia dello stesso titolo di W. Shakespeare dal dottor S. H. Mosenthal. Tradotta in italiano dall'originale tedesco da Salvatore de C. Marchesi Opera Completa per Canto e Pianoforte Fr. 4 ... [Piano-vocal score]
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- Milano: G. Ricordi & C. [PN 87395], 1894
Milano: G. Ricordi & C. [PN 87395], 1894. Large octavo. Quarter dark blue leatherette-backed dark blue cloth boards, titling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto title, verso bust-length portrait of composer), 1f. (biographical notes), 1f. (recto cast list, verso blank), [7]-19 (libretto), [i] (contents), 40, [i] (blank) pp. Small publisher's oval blindstamp to lower margin of first 9 leaves dated September 1894. Text in Italian.
Browned; some loss to title reinforced with heavier paper; tape repair to margins of pp. 397/8; minor staining to upper margins of pp. 400-403; minor tear to lower margin of final leaf, not affecting music. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor was first performed on 9 March 1849, two months before the composer died.
Nicolai was a German composer and conductor. "His opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor was the most successful comic opera composed in the first half of the 19th century. As founder of the Vienna Philharmonic Concerts, at that time one of the most modern concert ventures in Europe, he set new standards of orchestral playing, and he contributed significantly to the history of interpretation." Ulrich Konrad in Grove Music Online.
Browned; some loss to title reinforced with heavier paper; tape repair to margins of pp. 397/8; minor staining to upper margins of pp. 400-403; minor tear to lower margin of final leaf, not affecting music. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor was first performed on 9 March 1849, two months before the composer died.
Nicolai was a German composer and conductor. "His opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor was the most successful comic opera composed in the first half of the 19th century. As founder of the Vienna Philharmonic Concerts, at that time one of the most modern concert ventures in Europe, he set new standards of orchestral playing, and he contributed significantly to the history of interpretation." Ulrich Konrad in Grove Music Online.