Operetta with 6 Women's Parts is "adapted to the use of Female Colleges," in 1888
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[Women Eduation] [Music] Saroni, Herrman S. “The Twin Sisters. An Operetta, adapted to the use of Female Colleges, Schools, Exhibitions, &c.“ Musical Score. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1888. 5.5 x 7.5 in. Original boards. 101 pages. “The Twin Sisters” is considered by some to be the first American operetta. The work is scored for women's voices only, and the cover of this edition prominently notes that it is "adapted to the use of female colleges, schools, exhibitions, &c." The Operetta features six women characters, along with chorus parts. Born in Germany, Herrman Saroni was an American composer and author. He published an early American music journal, Saroni's Musical Times, in New York from 1849 to 1851, while also being among the first in the city to organize concerts of exclusively chamber music. Saroni's composing and writing output was impressively varied: works of parlor music and dances, scholarly histories of Western music, and poems and short stories that appeared in women's magazines. In 1852, he left New York and three years later, he founded the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (the second-oldest orchestra in the country). Interior hinges loose, but holding. In good to very good condition. At the time that this description is being written, just two copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time.Item #17167
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