Pelissier's Columbian melodies : music for the New York and Philadelphia theaters / Victor Pelissier ; edited by Karl Kroeger.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Pelissier, Victor, composer.

Contributor:

Kroeger, Karl, editor.

Series:

Recent researches in American music ; v. 13-14.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573

Recent researches in American music ; 13-14

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections; arranged

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incidental music--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano.

Incidental music--Excerpts--Piano scores.

Operas--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano.

Piano music, Arranged.

Music--New York (State)--New York.

Music--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Songs.

Incidental music.

Excerpts.

Arrangements (Music)

Vocal scores.

Piano scores.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii pages, 178 pages of music, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : facsimiles.

Other Title:

Columbian melodies

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2021.

Language Note:

Staff notation.

Summary:

"Published as a monthly series in 1812, this collection preserves much of the music of Victor Pelissier, a major composer for the New York and Philadelphia theaters between 1794 and 1813. This volume includes songs, dances, and incidental music from his operas, plays, and pantomimes, as well as songs and instrumental music written for the American concert stage. The preface to this edition contains new information on Pelissier's life and his work in the early American theater." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Theatre Music. March [in Adelgitha] / Matthew Gregory Lewis ; Bright orb that rulst th'aethereal way [in Alzuma, or The death of Pizarro] / Arthur Murphy ; Air [in The Archers] ; Dances ; March ; Nuptial procession march ; Overture [in The bridal ring] / Frederick Reynolds ; Believe me, sir [in The deaf lover] / Frederick Pilon ; The bird when summer comes no more ; Few are the joys [in Edwin and Angelina] / Elihu Hubbard Smith ; Fandango [in Gil bas] ; He who his country's liv'ry wears ; When a woman hears the sound of the drum and fife [in Glory of Columbia] / William Dunlap ; The archer's tune ; [I hate to learn the ebb of time] ; What groans shall yonder vallies fill ; At first how humble / William Dunlap ; Allemande [in The Milliners] ; Dance ; My cruel love to danger go ; Negro dance [in Obi, or Three fingered Jack] ; Dances ; Overture ; St. Agnes's well ; [Whither strays my lover] [in The peasant boy] / William Dimond ; Kind Zephyr [in The Sicilian romance] / Henry Siddons ; Ah why on Quebec's bloody plain ; Hope gentle hope ; I laugh I sing [in Sterne's Maria] / William Dunlap ; A dance [in The tale of mystery] / Thomas Holcroft ; Dry those eyes ; Storm [in The tempest] / William Shakespeare ; 'Tis far away o'er yonder plains [in Valentine and Orson] / Thomas Dibden

Independent vocal music. A glee ; The host that fights for liberty ; A justice I am ; Ode on the passions ; Return oh love! ; The sweet blue-eye's maid

Independent instrumental music. Allemande ; A grand overture ; Hornpipe in B-flat major ; Hornpipe in C major ; Hornpipe in G major ; March ; Rondo ; Waltz ; A new waltz.

Notes:

Principally vocal and instrumental music from theatrical productions; includes independent vocal and instrumental works.

The vocal music has accompaniment arranged for piano; the instrumental music is arranged for piano.

"The unicum copy of Pellisier's [sic] Columbian melodies (Philadelphia, 1812) held by the Library of Congress ... has served as the ... source for the music of the present edition"--Page xviii.

Includes introduction and critical commentary.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed July 27, 2021).

ISBN:

9781987206449

1987206444

OCLC:

1263312810

Publisher Number:

A013-14 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)