Romances : Le Boristhène pour guitarre, chanté par Mr. La Vigne; Duo des Visitandines (Chant et lyre); Le rendez-vous sur le lac, Barcatele à 3 voix - Picard, Louis-Benoît 1769-1828; Devienne, François 1759-1803; Strunz, Georg Jakob 1781-1852; Lesuire, Robert Martin 1737-1815; Warz, L. (Lyon)
Cahier with three songs, accompanied by violin, guitar/lute
In 2 different paper sizes as well as handwriting.
Le Boristhène is french for the river Dnieper, one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and Belarus and the fourth-longest river in Europe.
Compare to : Les Croisades ou le boristhène. N°215, Romance : pour chant et piano ou harpe / paroles de Mme d'Hervilly / Musique de J. Strunz ; chanté par Lavigne (Paris : Pacini, [ca. 1812]) - PARIS-BSU-Clignancourt- V2c. 647 - Fonds spécifique : Musicologie.
Text of Le Boristhéne by Robert-Martin Lesuire (https://eman-archives.org/Lesuire/items/show/177)
Could "Mr La Vigne" refer to the tenor Jacques-Émile Lavigne (1782-1855) who sang at the Paris Opéra 1809 to 1825?
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); 19th Century (1801-1900); Song; Opera; Vocal music; Song; France