La serva padrona. intermezzo /
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Category
Books
Date
1752
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3165554
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],68p.. music. obl. fol. Imperfect: lacks all after p. 36 (end of Act 1). Bound before title page: 2 leaves of manuscript music (final page has ruled staves only), for the aria 'Sempre in contrasti' from Act 1. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 1st state- bold text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter leather, marbled paper sides. Title on red leather label on front board: 'La serva padrona Parte prima'.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Jacopo Angelo Nelli (1673-1767) Jacopo Angelo Nelli (1673-1767)