Difference between revisions of "Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable"
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''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' is a French opera comique performed in Cape Town on 15 July 1811 by the teacher [[François Agron]] with his young students (under 14 years of age). | ''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' is a French opera comique performed in Cape Town on 15 July 1811 by the teacher [[François Agron]] with his young students (under 14 years of age). | ||
| − | No text or reference to such a 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 | + | 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]. |
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 129 |
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Revision as of 17:49, 8 January 2016
Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable is a French opera comique performed in Cape Town on 15 July 1811 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[1]: 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].
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Asmodeus_der_krumme_Teufel.html?id=PM25mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[5]: p. 129
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