Author

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Uniform title

Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia, L'inutile precauzione. Selections; arr.

Title

Premier melange, sur les airs tirés de Barbiere di Seviglia ed Armida, / de Rossini, ; arrangés pour le piano forte, par Camille Pleyel..

Imprint

London, : printed & sold by Birchall & Co. 140, New Bond Street., [182-]

Physical description

1 piano score ([2], 13, [1] p.) ; 32 cm

Note

Selections arranged for piano solo.

Note

Il barbiere di Siviglia first performed in February 1816; Armida first performed in November 1817.

Note

Plate no.: 1630.

Note

Robert Birchall died on 19th December, 1819 whereafter the firm continued trading as Birchall & Co. (see the British Book Trade Index). Birchall and Co. was certainly located at 140, New Bond Street between June 1824 and January 1829 (see, for example, advertisements in The Morning Post, June 16, 1824 and January 15, 1829).

Formatted contents note

Contents: [From Il barbiere di Siviglia]. All'idea di quel metallo ; Una voce poco fà ; Ecco ridente il cielo.

Formatted contents note

Contents: [From Armida]. Vacilla quegli accenti ; Cara per te quest'anima.

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: "Price 3/s."

Copy-specific note

An inscription in ink at head of title page (partially lost, the page having been trimmed) appears to be: 11[?] October 182[?, either 1820 or 1826].

Copy-specific note

Fingerings marked, in pencil, in some detail through the score.

Copy-specific note

Pencilled inscriptions directing the performer in the matter of counting: in pencil, "6 quavers" at head of page 4 in relation to the Andante in triple time; at Moderato on page 4, "4 crotchets"; at head of page 8 "4 crotchets"; at head of page 10 "3[?] quavers three times in[?] each bar" in relation to the compound triple time of 'Vacilla quegli accenti'; at head of page 11 "4 crotchets".

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

Operas Excerpts, 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

Pleyel, Camille, 1788-1855 arranger.

Added entry--name

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868 Armida. Selections; arr.

Added entry--name

College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.

Added entry--name

Birchall & Co. publisher.

Added entry--place

England London.
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300##$a1 piano score ([2], 13, [1] p.) ;$c32 cm
500##$aSelections arranged for piano solo.
500##$aIl barbiere di Siviglia first performed in February 1816; Armida first performed in November 1817.
500##$aPlate no.: 1630.
500##$aRobert Birchall died on 19th December, 1819 whereafter the firm continued trading as Birchall & Co. (see the British Book Trade Index). Birchall and Co. was certainly located at 140, New Bond Street between June 1824 and January 1829 (see, for example, advertisements in The Morning Post, June 16, 1824 and January 15, 1829).
5050#$a[From Il barbiere di Siviglia]. All'idea di quel metallo ; Una voce poco fà ; Ecco ridente il cielo.
5050#$a[From Armida]. Vacilla quegli accenti ; Cara per te quest'anima.
561##$aStamped in gold letters on the upper board of this bound collection: "E. H.", probably signifying Edward Hardy (1811-1869); Edward Hardy was a great-grandfather of Brigadier Tim Hackworth.
561##$aInscription, 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.
561##$aBequeathed to the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle by Brigadier Tim Hackworth, military knight of Windsor and a direct descendant of Joseph Corfe (1740-1820) and Arthur Thomas Corfe (1773-1863); subsequently donated by the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle to Salisbury Cathedral Library, with the agreement of the family of the late Brigadier Hackworth.
561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
563##$a19th-century; half-bound in green cloth; boards covered with a different green cloth; initials "E. H." tooled in gilt on upper board; marbled endleaves. Lower portion of upper board has been cut away.
590##$aOn title page: "Price 3/<sup>s</sup>."
590##$aAn inscription in ink at head of title page (partially lost, the page having been trimmed) appears to be: 11[?] October 182[?, either 1820 or 1826].
590##$aFingerings marked, in pencil, in some detail through the score.
590##$aPencilled inscriptions directing the performer in the matter of counting: in pencil, "6 quavers" at head of page 4 in relation to the Andante in triple time; at Moderato on page 4, "4 crotchets"; at head of page 8 "4 crotchets"; at head of page 10 "3[?] quavers three times in[?] each bar" in relation to the compound triple time of 'Vacilla quegli accenti'; at head of page 11 "4 crotchets".
590##$aOne of a bound collection of pieces and arrangements for the piano.
590##$aAt head of 2nd upper endleaf: 2/1.
650#0$aOperas$xExcerpts, Arranged.
650#0$aPiano music, Arranged.
7001#$aHardy, Edward,$d1811-1869$eformer owner.
7001#$aHardy, Florence Edith Agnes,$d1854-1901$eformer owner.
7001#$aHackworth, Timothy William,$d1933-2017$eformer owner.
7001#$aPleyel, Camille,$d1788-1855$earranger.
7001#$aRossini, Gioacchino,$d1792-1868$tArmida.$kSelections;$oarr.
7102#$aCollege of St George, Windsor Castle,$edonor.
7102#$aBirchall & Co.,$epublisher.
752##$aEngland$dLondon.
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