Ouverture de Missolonghi - Hérold, Ferdinand 1791-1833 (1828)
Refering to the siege of Missolonghi by the Turks during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829).
Incidental Music
Ferdinand Hérold wrote the overture, chorus and other pieces for the heroic drama “The Last Day of Messolonghi” (Le Dernier Jour de Missolonghi, drame héroïque en trois actes, en vers, avec des chants - edited by Barba Paris, 1828) also called "le Siège de Missolonghi" or the mélodrame « Le dernier jour de Missolonghi » . This drame héroïque en vers, Le Dernier Jour de Missolonghi written by Jean Georges Ozaneaux (1795-1852) was created april10th 1828 at the Odéon in Paris. Its ouverture has remained thanks to a delicious motif that has become popular.
"Hérold avait écrit une très-belle ouverture, qui a figuré longtemps au programme des concerts, des airs de chant et de danse délicieux, et une prière d'un beau caractère." (B. Jouvin, Hérold. Sa Vie, ses Oeuvres, Paris, 1868, p.151)
2 copies of 1st violin part
parts loosely held in severely damaged blue paper cover
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Overture; Play (theater); Melodrama; Incidental music; Paris (France)