Stunning and very rare Sicilian Marionette dating to the early 19th century. This particular example is the largest I’ve ever owned, standing at 47 inches tall (119cm) & weighing the same as a small child. Very solid in structure throughout, made from a timber skeleton, which is connected with metal rods and finished with stuffing, such as horse hair, and finally covered in material. There would of been more clothing, and potentially a suit of armour. The hands, feet and head are all beautifully hand carved, the eyes on this particular example also move up and down. Wear commensurate with age, crack on the head as picture shows, which is still solid and intact. They became popular in Sicily late in the Middle Ages, during the fifteenth century, and marionettes are still considered an important part of Sicilian folk culture. Sicilian puppet theatre (opera dei pupi) or, more properly, “marionette theatre, ” developed into its present form in the eighteenth century. Strictly speaking, “puppets” fit over the hand, while marionettes are figures controlled by strings, but in common parlance the terms are often used interchangeably; what we’re describing are actually marionettes. Typically, the marionettes and their theatre depict medieval characters and legendary events based loosely on history. 47 / 119cm Tall. 15 / 38cm wide at shoulders.
Fantaisies Faciles par Henri Cramer. La Melancolie de Prume 1850. Twilight quick step arranged for the Piano Forte by Joseph W Turner. Published by Oliver Diston. The Operatic March arranged from the celebrated dinale in La Favorite by R Beyer. Soirees Musicales pour Le Piano par Ferd. 5 Cavatine et Air Favori Le Siege de Corinthe de Rossini. 12 souvenir des Puritans. Impromptus Faciles pour Piano sur des themes favoris de Verdi par Lepont. 7 Macbeth de Verdi. Impromptus Faciles pour Piano sur des themes favoris de Verdi par Lepont.. Fantasieen Transcriptionen, von Died. 4 Carneval von Venedig. Schuberth & Comp, Hamburg & New York. Le Carnival de Venise. Krug del Opera Gitana de Balfe. Trois Fleurs pour le Piano. Leipzig au Bureau de Musique de C F Peters. 3 Melodieen von Charles Voss. 1 Gin fluchtger Blick? 6 , published New York Kerksieg Brensing. Les Progres des Jeunes Eleves. I puritani de Bellini. 3 repetoire des Jeunes Pianists. Published William Hall & son. Potpourris fur das Pianoforte Beliebtesten Themen Neuer Opern von August Andre. Offenback a/m , bei Johann Andre. 22 Guido und Ginevra von Halevy. A Madame La Duchesse de Coigny par Henri Rosellen. Bonn chez N Simrock. Bouquets de Melodies pur le Piano par Ferd. Perles de L’Opera. Chez N Simrock A Bonn. 2 Anna Bolena de Bellini. Songe et Reveil Sonnambula de Bellini par J B Duvernoy. Leipzig, chez Frederic Hofmeister. Fantaisie sur Lucie de Lammermoor. Charles Voss VI Lieder Transcriptionen. Divertissements de l’Opepa Belisario de Donizetti. 5 Belisar de Donizetti. 1 Belisar de Donizetti. La Juive de Halevy. Repertoire des jeunes Pianistes. Tis the Last Rose of Summer Irish Air. W Dubois New York. Alpine Horn F Burgmuller. Le Cor des Alps. The Opera of La Fille du Regiment. Full page illustration , young woman with flag. We Now Must Part, rendered into English from the Italian by J Wrey Mould. My Heart and Lute a ballad. Gems of German song. Thou art the dearest one, ballad from Donizettis Opera Lucrezia Borgia. Adapted by G Linley. To Miss Fannie Bigelow. Lean Over Me At Starlight poetry by M music by Otto Fullgraff. Published Firth, Pond & co. Jeannette & Jeannot, the conscript’s departure. The Soldier’s return. Words by Charles Jefferys, music by Charles W Glover. I Love the Merry Sunshine, balled by J W Lake, music Stephen Glover. The Forsaken One, a ballad. Illustration young woman in yellow dress, with a penciled in Mustache. Music by Mrs Wm. Poetry by Alfred Wheeler. Published by Schuberth 1851, words in German and English. Lindblad, auf dem Berge, (The Mountaineer’s song) pub. Words in German and English. Marseilles Hymn, arranged by Ch Zeuner. Ah, Forever I now have Lost Thee. Cabatinia from the celebrated Opera of Puritani. Written by G A A Beckett. Published A & S Nordheimer, Toronto. By a Fountain was reclining. From Bellini’s opera J Paritani. Hear me , Norma, duet words by C Jeffrys, composed by Bellini. The popular National Air, Hail Columbia. Kossuth’s grand march. Music orignally belonged to Kat Acosta. Here name is on the front cover. Book measures 12 7/8 tall. Add a map to your own listings. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “Big rare old Antique book of Sheet Music late 1840 early 1850 Piano Forte Opera” is in sale since Sunday, January 7, 2018. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “scottalbertson” and is located in Nellysford, Virginia. This item can be shipped worldwide.
