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Editor: Dick van den Hul
A fascinating portrait of opera production in Europe spanning more than two centuries Almost seventy opera scores, drawn from six Dutch music libraries, form a supplement to IDC Publishers’ Opera collection. The supplement contains works by Collasse, Destouches, Plantade, Paisiello, Righini and others. Compositions by Purcell, Arne, Boyce and Shield provide a better insight into opera composing in Great Britain. Also included are two Dutch operas: a comedy by Just and a tragédie lyrique by Servaes de Konink, which was recently staged in Amsterdam. Haags Gemeentemuseum One of the most important collections in the Music Library of the Haags Gemeentemuseum (The Hague) is the collection of the former Théâtre Français de La Haye, containing works from the French opera repertory from the period 1760 to 1860. In addition, the library houses the opera scores (and vocal scores) of the Scheurleer collection. These were originally housed together with many other early editions and manuscripts of vocal and instrumental music and music literature in the private library of the eminent Dutch banker and musicologist Daniel François Scheurleer, and were subsequently moved to the Gemeentemuseum. IDC publishes both collections on microfiche, the latter as Opera collection, the former under the title French opera scores. Provenance As a supplement to the Opera collection, IDC Publishers is issuing an additional set of early opera scores on microfiche. Apart from some recent acquisitions from the Haags Gemeentemuseum, they are being drawn from five Dutch libraries: the Toonkunstbibliotheek Amsterdam, the University of Utrecht (Letterenbibliotheek), the Koninklijk Huisarchief in The Hague and two private libraries in Amerongen and Twickel. The total supplement comprises 68 operas. Composers IDC Publishers’ complete opera collection now consists of 469 editions and manuscripts of 388 operas from the period 1582 to 1810. The French period is very well represented. Of particular interest are Girard de Beaulieu’s Balet comique de la Royne (1582) and almost all the operas composed by Lully since 1680, as well as later works by Campra, de Montéclair, Rameau, Grétry and others. The German and Italian composers include Hasse, Benda, Galuppi and Jommelli. Opera composition in England is represented by several works by Purcell, Händel and Boyce. The collection contains some rare Dutch operas as well. Dr. D. van den Hul Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague |
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