Halevy,J. The Jewess. Opera in 5 acts. Text by... Lot 535

Halevy,J. The Jewess. Opera in 5 acts. Text by Scribe. Translated by Baron von Lichtenstein. Complete. Piano reduction by F. Hiller. The same with the finale omitted. German-French. Parallel text, in 2 vols. Berlin, Schlesinger n.d. 4°. With 2 eng. Titles a. throughout. Notes throughout. Pl. no. 1966. 1 p., 213 p.; 1 p., pp. 214-384. With mounted. Wrapper title on front cover. (Signs of use and age, somewhat damaged in places). MGG V, sp. 1341f.: Although the works of a light-hearted character clearly predominate in Halevy's stage oeuvre, it was only the resounding and lasting success of Juive (1835) that secured his place in 19th-century music...Surprisingly, Wagner, despite his often expressed dislike of French opera and Meyerbeer, considered Halevy to be the last important French musician and even recognized in La Juive "the clearest and most beautiful traces of Beethoven's spirit" (Ges. Schriften VIII, 83)". - With numerous hs. With numerous handwritten annotations, crossings out and crossings in, partly dusty and foxed, 2 pp. with marginal tear at lower corner. Corner. More. St. on titles.