Grétry, André Ernest Modeste. (1741-1813)

LUCILE. COMEDIE EN UN ACTE.

Paris: Aux Adresses ordinaries ; A Lion : M. Castaud vis à vis la comédie. [ca. 1779]. OEUVRE IIE. LUCILE. COMEDIE EN UN ACTE. Et en Vers. DÉDIÉE. A son Excellence, Monfeigneur,. LE COMITE D’OULTREMONT. Frere et PremierMiniftre de fon Alteffe Monfeigneur. le Prince-Evêque de Liege. Mise en Musique...Graveé par Dézauche. De l’Imprimerie de Basset. Score. Upright folio (32 cm). 131 pp. RISM: G4225. Full green paper binding, front joint quite worn. Toned, scattered foxing, generally very good.

The opéra comique "Lucile" by Belgian composer André Grétry is set to a libretto by Jean-François Marmontel, and the characters in the opera, though not the actual story, are derived from Marmontel's "L'école des pères." It was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 5 January 1769. The melody from "Où peut-on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?" was later reused in Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 5, Op.37. (11158)
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