Chiaromonte, Francesco. (1809-1886). [Guilliaume, Jules. (1825-1900)]
Job: drame biblique en trois parties - PRESENTATION COPY TO THE QUEEN
Leipzig et Bruxelles: Breitkopf & Härtel. [1884]. First Edition. Elaborately produced presentation copy piano vocal score by the Italian romantic composer, evidently prepared for the dedicatee of the work, Marie Henriette Anne of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (1865 - 1902). 4to. [8]-113 pp, including extra title page and extra dedication page printed in gold ("À Sa Très Gracieuse Majesté La Reine Des Belges..."). Music engraved throughout. [PN] 16612. Bound in contemporary red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, gilt ornamented spine with 5 raised bands, blue silk endpapers, gilt sides and gilt inside dentelles, gilt ornamented pastedowns. Title slightly soiled, some browning in the margins, overall fine. Rare. Worldcat records 5 copies, only 1 in the US (Harvard).The Sicilian-born composer Chiaromonte was a pupil of Raimondi and Donizetti and after a career as a tenor, undertook composition, producing 9 operas, the present oratorio, and a method for singers. He was expelled from Naples as a revolutionist in 1850, went to Genoa, from 1855 was chorusmaster at Paris and London, and from 1862 was professor at the Belgian Royal Conservatoire. (21278)
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