I have compared the eighteenth-century libretti, which give a fair approximation of the changes made in 1754.
Eighty-nine little books, or libretti, produced for these semi-staged concerts over a 150-year period, have survived.
A chronological examination of die libretti demonstrates, however, a gradual demand for realism to the extent that writing and decor became more equally weighted.
His libretti are less literature than they are scripts.
He denounced the practice of approving libretti for production without consulting the composer, or sometimes before a composer had even been selected.
He was appointed librarian and archivist there in 1826 and acquired and/or consolidated many of the manuscripts and libretti in the library.
The libretti tell a very different story from the scores.
On the other hand, some untitled instrumental pieces were almost certainly dances, based on their style as well as on information from libretti.
