Gluck, Cristoph Willibald. (1714–1787)
Armide. Drame He?roi?que.
Paris: Au bureau du Journal de musique. [1777]. First Edition. "Répresenté pour la première fois par l'Académie royale de musique le 23. Septembre 17." Upright folio (34 cm). Title 9v.b.); 1 - 279 pp. Engraved throughout (by Mme Lobry). Price changed by hand from the (still visible) 24 to 36. With several lower right corners chipped, many corners bent or creased (never affecting the printed music), some gatherings loose from the binding, "Rep Fra" red stamps to the margins of a number of pages, binding heavily rubbed/chipped/cracked and with losses to lower spine. Internally, excepting these faults, the pages are generally clean and crisp. Hopkinson 45A; Hoboken 13; Hirsch, ii 267; RISM G 2677.Gluck's fifth production for the Parisian stage and the composer's own favourite among his works, it was first performed on 23 September 1777 by the Académie Royale de Musique in the second Salle du Palais-Royal in Paris. (9958)
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