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''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' is a French ''opéra-comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique], performed in Cape Town on 15 July 1811  by the teacher [[François Agron]] with his young students (under 14 years of age).  
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''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' is a French ''opéra-comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in five acts, by an anonymous author.
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== The original text ==
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It is referred to in the advert as "het niewe stuk" ("the new piece"), but no text or reference to such a French play can be found. [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928, p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of  ''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]'', a three act opera comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn].
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== South African performances ==
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1811: Performed in Cape Town on 15 July by the teacher [[François Agron]] with his young students (under 14 years of age).  
  
No text or reference to such a French play can be found, and [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of  ''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]'', a three act opera comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn].
 
  
  

Revision as of 05:22, 11 November 2016

Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable is a French opéra-comique[1] in five acts, by an anonymous author.

The original text

It is referred to in the advert as "het niewe stuk" ("the new piece"), but no text or reference to such a French play can be found. Bosman (1928, p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel, a three act opera comique[2] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[3], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[4].

South African performances

1811: Performed in Cape Town on 15 July by the teacher François Agron with his young students (under 14 years of age).


Sources

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Asmodeus_der_krumme_Teufel.html?id=PM25mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. p. 129

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