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VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF SCENA ED ARIA FOR ROLANDO FROM LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO, scored for first and second violins, viola, clarinet, two voice parts, violoncelli and bass, black ink, 2 pages, 8 bars, one system on 20 staves per page, folio (345 x 262mm.), mounted with extended margins, bound in half morocco with gilt title
This manuscript score gives the start of scene 8 from La battaglia di Legnano. According to Julian Budden, this is not a sketch but the first page of a fully scored 'scena ed aria' for Rolando which Verdi evidently replaced at a later stage by the definitive 'Se al nuovo di pugnando.' (Julian Budden, Opera, July 1989, p.891).
Only the first page of this manuscript has been published in George Martin, Aspects of Verdi, Robson Books, 1989. p. .
The manuscript presumably dates from 1848. La battaglia di Legnano was first performed in Rome on 27 January 1849. The opera was Verdi's most overtly patriotic work.
This manuscript score gives the start of scene 8 from La battaglia di Legnano. According to Julian Budden, this is not a sketch but the first page of a fully scored 'scena ed aria' for Rolando which Verdi evidently replaced at a later stage by the definitive 'Se al nuovo di pugnando.' (Julian Budden, Opera, July 1989, p.891).
Only the first page of this manuscript has been published in George Martin, Aspects of Verdi, Robson Books, 1989. p. .
The manuscript presumably dates from 1848. La battaglia di Legnano was first performed in Rome on 27 January 1849. The opera was Verdi's most overtly patriotic work.