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The Music Division holds transcripts of operas in full score held in two major institutions in Paris: the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire national de musique and the Bibliothèque nationale. When possible, the titles link to bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

Bibliothèque du Conservatoire national de musique, F-Pc
Bibliothèque nationale, F-Pn

The manuscripts copied from in the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire national de musique, F-Pc, are now part of the collections at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, F-Pn.

Alessandri, Felice (1747-1798)

Alessandro [doubtful] by Felice Alessandri
Call Number: M1500.A73 A5 Case [MUSIC 1915, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1781 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Not ascertained
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010873 External
Vecchio geloso by Alessandro Felice
Call Number: M1500.A73 V3 Case [MUSIC 1915, Item 5, Reel 4]
Published/Created: 1781 [Copied 1911]
Librettist: Giovanni Bertati
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010873 External

Anfossi, Pasquale (1727-1797)

La forza delle donne by Pasquale Anfossi
Call Number: M1500.A75 F5 Case [MUSIC 1919, Item 5, Reel 3]
Published/Created: 1778 [Copied 1911]
Librettist: Giovanni Bertali
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 107603 External
Il matrimonio [per] inganno by Pasquale Anfossi
Call Number: M1500.A75 M5 Case [MUSIC 1919, Item 12, Reel 5]
Published/Created: 1779 [Copied 1912]
Librettist: Giovanni Bertali
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 102352 External

Bernasconi, Andrea (1706-1784)

Adriano in Siria by Andrea Bernasconi
Call Number: M1500.B536 A2 Case [MUSIC 3176, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1755 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010917 External
La clemenza di Tito by Andrea Bernasconi
Call Number: M1500.B536 C5 Case [MUSIC 3176, Item 2]
Published/Created: 1768 [Copied 1911]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Not ascertained
RISM ID: 142125 External

B[u]ononcini, Giovanni (1670-1747) [Bononcini]

Crispo by Giovanni Bononcini
Call Number: M1500.B7244 C7 Case [MUSIC 3151, Item 7]
Published/Created: 1721 [Copied 1924]
Former Call Number: M1500.B97 C5
Librettist: Gaetano Lemer
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010922 External

Cambert, Robert (1628-1677)

Pomone by Robert Cambert
Call Number: M1500.C13 P5 Case [MUSIC 3231, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1671 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Pierre Perrin
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010946 External

Cavalli, Pietro Francesco (1602-1676)

L’Eritrea by Pietro Francesco Cavalli [doubtful]
Call Number: M1500.C38 E6 Case [MUSIC 3154, Item 7, Reel 2]
Published/Created: 1652? [Copied 1911]
Librettist: Giovanni Battista Rosselli Genesini (or ? Giovanni Faustini)
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010951 External
Xerxes by Pietro Francesco Cavalli
Call Number: M1500.C38 X3 Case [MUSIC 3154, Item 10, Reel 3]
Published/Created: 1660 [Copied 1915]
Librettist: Nicolò Minato
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010953 External

Cimarosa, Domenico (1749-1801)

Le stravaganze d’amore by Domenico Cimarosa
Call Number: M1500.C57 S7 Case
Published/Created: 1778 [Copied 1911]
Librettist: Pasquale Mililotti
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010972 External

Farinelli, Giuseppi (1769-1836)

Attila by Giuseppe Farinelli
Call Number: M1500.F22 A6 Case [MUSIC 3318, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1805 [Copied 1912]
Librettist: Gaetano Rossi
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010990 External
Giullietta by Giuseppe Farinelli
Call Number: M1500.F22 G5 Case [MUSIC 3318, Item 2, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1801 [Copied 1912]
Librettist: Gaetano Rossi
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900010991 External
Odoardo e Carlotta by Giuseppe Farinelli
Call Number: M1500.F22 O3 Case [MUSIC 3318, Item 4, Reel 2]
Published/Created: 1805 [Copied 1913]
Librettist: Luigi Buonavoglia
Copyist: Hugo Willemson
RISM ID: 900010992 External

Fioravanti, Valentino (1764-1837)

Il villano in angustie by Valentino Fioravanti
Call Number: M1500.F51 V2 Case [MUSIC 3328, Item 6, Reel 3]
Published/Created: 1801 [Copied 1915]
Librettist: Filippo Cammarano
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011004 External

Galuppi, Baldassare (1706-1785)

La clemenza di Tito by Baldassare Galuppi
Call Number: M1500.G2 C4 Case [MUSIC 1898, Item 9, Reel 3]
Published/Created: 1760 [Copied 1912]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011017 External
Il mondo della luna by Baldassare Galuppi
Call Number: M1500.G2 M55 Case [MUSIC 1898, Item 18, Reel 6]
Published/Created: 1750 [Copied 1920]
Librettist: [Carlo Goldoni] Polisseno Fegeio
Copyist: Not ascertained
RISM ID: 900011024 External

Gazzaniga, Giuseppe (1743-1818)

Il serraglio d’Osmano by Giuseppe Gazzaniga
Call Number: M1500.G29 S3 Case [MUSIC 3351, Item 6, Reel 3]
Published/Created: circa 1784 [Copied 1909]
Librettist: Giovanni Bertati
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011035 External

Gossec, François-Joseph (1734-1829)

Philémon et Baucis by François-Joseph Gossec
Call Number: M1500.G68 P4 Case
Published/Created: 1775 [1912]
Librettist: Chabanon de Maugris
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011047 External
Rosine by François-Joseph Gossec
Call Number: M1500.G68 R5 Case
Published/Created: 1786 [1912]
Librettist: Nicolas Gersin
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011048 External

Grossi, Carlo (1634c-1688)

Il Nicomede by Carlo Grossi
Call Number: M1500.G89 N4 Case [MUSIC 3382, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1677 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Giovanni Matteo Gianini
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011054 External

Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro (1728-1804)

Alceste by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi
Call Number: M1500.G94 A3 Case [MUSIC 3384, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1768 [Copied 1913]
Librettist: Giuseppe Parini and Ranieri de Calzabigi
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011055 External
Antigono by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi
Call Number: M1500.G94 A5 Case [MUSIC 3384, Item 3, Reel 2]
Published/Created: 1767 [Copied 1907]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 107650 External
Le due gemelli by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi
Call Number: M1500.G95 D7 Case [MUSIC 3384, Item 5, Reel 3]
Published/Created: circa 1788 [Copied 1907]
Librettist: Giuseppe Palomba
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011056 External
La serva innamorata by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi
Call Number: M1500.G94 S3 Case [MUSIC 3384, Item 16, Reel 9]
Published/Created: 1790 [Copied 1908]
Librettist: Giuseppe Palomba
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011064 External

Guglielmi, Pietro Carlo (1772-1817)

La serva bizarra by Pietro Carlo Guglielmi
Call Number: M1500.G945 S3 Case [MUSIC 3385, Item 6, Reel 4]
Published/Created: 1803 [Copied 1916]
Librettist: Giuseppe Palomba
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011069 External

Jommelli, Niccolò (1714-1774)

Ifigenia in Aulide by Niccolò Jommelli
Call Number: M1500.J72 I5 Case [MUSIC 1930, Item 11, Reel 5]
Published/Created: 1757 [Copied 1911]
Acts 1-2; Act 3 copied from B-Bc
Librettist: Mattia Verazi
Copyist: M. Lefève
RISM ID: 900011113 External

Leo, Leonardo (1694-1744)

L’ambizione delusa by Leonardo Leo
Call Number: M1500.L57 A5 Case
Published/Created: 1742 [Copied 1912]
LIbrettist: Domenico Canicа
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011133 External
Il Ciro riconosciuto by Leonardo Leo
Call Number: M1500.L57 C4 Case
Published/Created: 1739 [Copied 1920]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011136 External
Il Demetrio by Leonardo Leo
Call Number: M1500.L57 D3 Case
Published/Created: 1735 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011137 External
La simpatia del sangue by Leonardo Leo
Call Number: M1500.L57 S5 Case
Published/Created: 1737 [Copied 1911]
Librettist: Pietro Trinchera
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011142 External

Mayr, Johann Simon (1763-1845)

Le finte rivali by Johann Simon Mayr
Call Number: M1500.M46 F4 Case [MUSIC 1878, Item 10, Reel 7]
Published/Created: 1803 [Copied 1913]
Librettist: Luigi Romanelli
Copyist. Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011169 External

Persuis, Louis-Luc Loiseau de (1769-1819)

Fanny Morna by Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persius
Call Number: M1500.P435 F3 Case [MUSIC 3591, Item 1]
Published/Created: 1799 [Copied 1911]
Librettist: Etienne-Guillaume-François de Favières
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM ID: 900011217 External

Rutini, Giovanni Marco (1723-1797)

I matrimoni in maschera by Giovanni Marco Rutini
Call Number: M1500.R97 M3 Case [MUSIC 3660, Item 1]
Published/Created: 1765 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Ferdinando Casorri
Copyist:Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Sacchini, Antonio Maria Gasparo (1730-1786)

Alessandro nell' Indie by Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini
Call Number: M1500.S12 A5 Case [MUSIC 3661, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1768 [Copied 1909]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Sales, Pietro Pompeo (1729c-1797)

Achille in Sciro by Pietro Pompeo Sales
Call Number: M1500.S175 A2 Case [MUSIC 3664, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1774 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported
L’Antigono by Pietro Pompeo Sales
Call Number: M1500.S175 A5 Case [MUSIC 3664, Item 2, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1769 [Copied 1914]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Sarti, Giuseppe (1729-1802)

Ifigenia by Giuseppe Sarti
Call Number: M1500.S27 I3 Case [MUSIC 3669, Item 8, Reel 4]
Published/Created: 1777 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Cesare Arici
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)

Il figlio delle selve by Alessandro Scarlatti
Call Number: M1500.S28 F5 Case [MUSIC 1894, Item 7, Reel 3]
Published/Created: 1687? [Copied 1907]
Librettist: Capece, Carlo Sigismondo
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported
Laodicea e Berenice by Alessandro Scarlatti
Call Number: M1500.S28 L4 Case [MUSIC 1894, Item 10, Reel 4]
Published/Created: 1701 [Copied 1908]
Librettist: [adapted from Matteo Noris]
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported
Il Medo by Alessandro Scarlatti [doubtful]
Call Number: M1500.S28 M3 Case [MUSIC 1894, Item 11, Reel 4]
Published/Created: 1708 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: not ascertained
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported
Le nozze col nemico by Alessandro Scarlatti
Call Number: M1500.S28 N5 Case [MUSIC 1894, Item 13, Reel 5]
Published/Created: circa 1695 [Copied 1909]
Librettist: not ascertained
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Tozzi, Antonio (1736c-1812)

Zenobia by Antonio Tozzi
Call Number: M1500.T74 Z3 Case [MUSIC 3730, Item 2, Reel 2]
Published/Created: 1773 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Vinci, Leonardo (1696c-1730)

La Ginevra by Leonardo Vinci
Call Number: M1500.V64 G3 Case [MUSIC 1892, Item 6, Reel 3]
Published/Created: Undated [Copied 1912]
Librettist: not ascertained
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Wranitzky, Paul (1756-1808)

Der Schreiner by Paul Wranitzky
Call Number: M1500.W92 S3 Case [MUSIC 3779, Item 3, Reel 2]
Published/Created: 1799 [Copied 1921]
Librettist: August von Kotzebue
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Zingarelli, Niccolò Antonio (1752-1837)

Alsinda by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
Call Number: M1500.Z77 A4 Case [MUSIC 3779, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1785 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Ferdinando Moretti
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported
Artaserse by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
Call Number: M1500.Z77 A6 Case [MUSIC 3779, Item 3, Reel 2]
Published/Created: 1789 [Copied 1908]
Librettist: Pietro Metastasio
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported
Ifigenia in Aulide by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
Call Number: M1500.Z77 I6 Case [MUSIC 3779, Item 8, Reel 4]
Published/Created: circa 1787 [Copied 1908]
Librettist: Ferdinando Moretti
Copyist: Léon Mathieu
RISM: Not reported

Freschi, (Giovanni) Domenico (1630c-1708c)

Olimpia vendicata by (Giovanni) Domenico Freschi
Call Number: M1500.F88 O5 Case [Music 3342, Item 1, Reel 1]
Published/Created: 1681 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Aurelio Aureli
Copyist: Alfred Vitrey
RISM ID: 900011009 External

Melani, Jacopo (1623-1676

Ercole in Tebe by Jacopo Melani
Call Number: M1500.M52 E6 Case [MUSIC 3509, Item 1]
Published/Created: 1661 [Copied 1910]
Librettist: Giovanni Andrea Moniglia
Copyist: Alfred Vitrey
RISM ID: 900011173 External

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