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Gnecco, Francesco
La prova d'un'opera seria musica / del sig. Francesco Gnecco atto promo. Volume primo. -- [1805 or after]. -- Bound Manuscript, 243 p. -- Musical score. -- Title page is printed. La prova d'un'opera seria musica / del sig. Francesco Gnecco atto primo. Volume secondo. -- [1805 or after]. -- Bound manuscript, 219 p. -- Musical score. -- Title page is printed. La prova d'un'opera seria music / del sig. Francesco Gnecco atto secondo. -- [1805 or after]. -- Bound manuscript, 218 p. -- Musical score. -- Title page is printed. Francesco Gnecco, composer, was born in Genoa, ca. 1769. He was primarily a composer of operas but also wrote chamber and sacred music. The most famous of his twenty-five operas is La prova d'un opera sera. It was orginally in one act with a libretto by Artusi and titled La prima prova dell'opera gli orazi e curiazi (Venice, 1803). It was changed to a two act work with Gnecco's own libretto (Milan, 1805) and performed throughout Europe until 1860. Gnecco died in Milan in 1810 or 1811. Manuscripts 75, 76, 77. Stamped on the spines: Gnecco Opera Seria.Manuscripts were acquired from Aldo Caselli in 1966. Finding aid available as part of the fonds level description in hard copy and electronically. There are no access restrictions. Further accruals are not expected.
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