HISTORY OF T H E O P E R A,
Reading edition
from its Origin in Italy to the present Time.
WITH ANECDOTES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COMPOSERS AND VOCALISTS OF EUROPE. BY SUTHERLAND EDWARDS, AUTHOR OF "RUSSIANS AT HOME," ETC.
"QUIS TAM DULCIS SONUS QUI MEAS COMPLET AURES?" "WHAT IS ALL THIS NOISE ABOUT?"
VOL. I. LONDON: WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE. —— 1862.
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LONDON: LEWIS AND SON, PRINTERS, SWAN BUILDINGS, (49) MOORGATE STREET.