Author
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Uniform title
La gazza ladra. Overture. Piano reduction
Title
Ouverture della Gazza ladra / musique de Rossini ; arrangée pour le piano avec accompt. de violon ad libitum..
Imprint
A Paris, : chez Ice. Pleyel & Fils ainé, Boulevard Montmartre., [182-]
Physical description
1 piano score ([2], 15, [1] p.) ; 32 cm
Note
Originally for orchestra; arranged for piano solo.
Note
At foot of title page: "Dépose a la Don. de la Libie."
Note
La gazza ladra first performed in May 1817.
Note
Plate no.: 1536.
Provenance
Inscription, in pencil, at head of title page: "[?]Mademoiselle ...".
Provenance
Stamped in gold letters on the upper board of this bound collection: "E. H.", probably signifying Edward Hardy (1811-1869); Edward Hardy was a great-grandfather of Brigadier Tim Hackworth.
Provenance
Inscription, in ink, at head of 3rd upper endleaf of this bound collection: "Florence Edith Agnes Hardy"; Florence Edith Agnes Hardy (1854-1901) was a daughter of Edward Hardy; she married Henry Mason on 19th April, 1873; she was a maternal great-aunt of Brigadier Tim Hackworth.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle by Brigadier Tim Hackworth, military knight of Windsor and a direct descendant of Joseph Corfe (1740-1820) and Arthur Thomas Corfe (1773-1863); subsequently donated by the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle to Salisbury Cathedral Library, with the agreement of the family of the late Brigadier Hackworth.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century; half-bound in green cloth; boards covered with a different green cloth; initials "E. H." tooled in gilt on upper board; marbled endleaves. Lower portion of upper board has been cut away.
Copy-specific note
On title page: "Prix 4f. 50c."
Copy-specific note
Fingerings occasionally marked in pencil.
Copy-specific note
One of a bound collection of pieces and arrangements for the piano.
Copy-specific note
At head of 2nd upper endleaf: 2/1.
Subject
Overtures, Arranged.
Subject
Piano music, Arranged.
Added entry--name
Hardy, Edward, 1811-1869 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hardy, Florence Edith Agnes, 1854-1901 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.
Added entry--name
College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.
Added entry--name
Ignace Pleyel & Fils aine publisher.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
B16108
UKSbSC
20240716092229.0