In 1857 Rossini presented "Musique Anodine", a prelude and six songs, to his wife Olimpe, in gratitude for her care during his long illness. This was the 13th in a collection of 14 unpublished albums. The first was "Album Italiano", a dozen pieces for one, two or four voices with piano. Among the best-known of these pieces is "La Regata Veneziano", three canzonettas for mezzo-soprano in Venetian dialect, in which the heroine encourages her racing gondolier. Another song, "Le Gittane", has never before been published with its Italian text. Based on the composer's own manuscripts, this edition aims to restore his precise musical notation. It includes the musical score and commentary in one volume. Appendices contain earlier versions of six songs, some with different texts from the final versions.
- ISBN10 0226728536
- ISBN13 9780226728537
- Publish Date 1 July 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 314
- Language Italian