Gluck: La Rencontre imprévue, WotG 1A.32, 1764
Gluck, Christoph Willibald <1714-1787> [Ascertained]
La Rencontre imprévue, WotG 1A.32
Other title: Die unvermutete Zusammenkunft, Les Pèlerins de la Mecque, Die Pilgrime von Mekka
Manuscript copy US-Bp , M.320.18
Text author: Dancourt, Florent Carton <1661-1725> [Ascertained]
Language of Text: German
Subject: Operas
Catalog of works: WotG 1A.32
Original Title: [caption title, f.1r:] Die Pilgrime von Mecca in Musik gesetzt | von Ritter Gluck
Material description:
  • Source type
    Source type: Manuscript copy
    Content type: Notated music
    Date
    1764 (1764p)
    Material
    Format, extent: score: 114f.
    Dimensions: 22,5 x 31 cm
Provenance note: Brown, Allen A.
Incipits:
1.1.1; Ouverture.; vl 1
1.2.1; Aria. Andante quasi allegretto; vl 1
1.2.2; T; Osmin
Beglückt ist der den nicht der Liebe
Scoring: S (3), T (3), B (2), vl (2), vla, b, fiffaro, ob (2), cor inglese, fag, cor (2), piatti
Dramatic roles named, standardized: Ali, Balkis, Calender, Nardane, Osmun, Rezia, Schvindel, Sultan, Osmin
Notes: Newspaper clipping from French paper dated 17.1.1875 pasted to p.2; score with 227p.
Note on performance: Performance date: 07.01.1764 Wien, Burgtheater
RISM A/I and B references: A/I G 2882, A/I G 2896
Library (siglum) shelfmark: US-Bp M.320.18
RISM ID no.: 101781
Last update: September 25, 2023