La gazza ladra
Subtitle: die diebische Elster : melodramma in due atti
By: von J. Rossini ; Vollständiger Clavierauszug von C. Zulehner
Contributors: Zulehner, Carl, ca. 1770-1841, arranger of music; Gherardini, Giovanni, 1778-1861, librettist; Aubigny, M. d', author; Caigniez, M. (Louis-Charles), 1762-1842, author
Published: 1819
Language: ita
Number of pages: 242
Other titles: Diebische Elster
Work titles: Gazza ladra
Notes: For voices and piano; originally for voices and orchestra.

Opera in 2 acts.

Libretto by Giovanni Gherardini after La pie voleuse by J.M.T. Badouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez. Source: Grove Music Online.

Premiered in Milan, May 1817. Source: Grove Music Online.

Italian and German words.

Includes cast list and table of contents in Italian and German, between pages 10 and 11 of the score.

Staff notation.

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BYU copy bound in new-looking cream binding with tan, red, yellow, and black marbled paper. Blue-bordered label on front upper left: "6, 17607". First three pages have been stamped in upper right with round black ink: "Nederlandsche Radio-unie" with an illegible word through the center. Two of these have red "Afgeschreven" stamped across them; all have been x-ed out with pencil.

BYU copy has several pages with patched lower corners, mostly near the beginning of the score.