G. Rossini : 4 Mendiants & 4 Hors-d’œuvre

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G. Rossini : 4 Mendiants & 4 Hors-d’œuvre

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Hello, excuse me if my English is not very good.
I am looking for a long time for the scores of G. Rossini: 4 Mendiants (Les Figues Sèches, Les Amandes, Les Raisins, Les Noisettes) - 4 Hors d'oeuvre (Les Radis, Les Anchois, Les Cornichons, Le beurre) - (Péchés de vieillesse).
I have searched on IMSLP but the scores do not match. Do any of you have these scores? Thank you in advance for your answer.
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Re: G. Rossini : 4 Mendiants & 4 Hors-d’œuvre

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Tess wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 7:12 am Hello, excuse me if my English is not very good.
I am looking for a long time for the scores of G. Rossini: 4 Mendiants (Les Figues Sèches, Les Amandes, Les Raisins, Les Noisettes) - 4 Hors d'oeuvre (Les Radis, Les Anchois, Les Cornichons, Le beurre) - (Péchés de vieillesse).
I have searched on IMSLP but the scores do not match. Do any of you have these scores? Thank you in advance for your answer.
Adding some notes here for future searches.
The Fondazione Rossini publishes critical editions of all Rossini's works in 8 "sections" , of which section 7 is the "Péchés de vieillesse" (Sins of Old Age), 237 pieces organised in 14 volumes/albums. The underlined volumes are for solo piano, the others are voice with piano accompaniment, or other vocal and chamber combinations.

Vol I Album italiano
Vol II Album français
Vol III Morceaux réservés
Vol IV Quatre hors d’œuvres et quatre mendiants
Vol V Album pour les enfants adolescents (as sought above)
Vol VI Album pour les enfants dégourdis
Vol VII Album de chaumière
Vol VIII Album de château

Vol IX Album pour piano, violon, violoncello, harmonium et cor
Vol X Miscellanée pour piano
Vol XI Miscellanée de musique vocale
Vol XII Quelques riens pour album
Vol XIII Musique anodine (1857). Presented to his wife Olympe in gratitude for her care during his long intermittent illness.
Vol XIV Altri Péchés de vieillesse

IMSLP lists the contents here: https://imslp.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ch%C3%A9s ... ioacchino)

For Volume IV, IMSLP erroneously links Volume 4 of a Kalmus edition of Rossini works, which are ordered completely differently. That Kalmus Volume 4 contains five works: four from Album (VI) pour les enfants dégourdis and one from Album (VIII) de château.

More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ch ... vieillesse
http://www.fondazionerossini.com/editor ... o-rossini/ - the publication schedule suggestions that oinly a handful of the albums in Section 7 have been published and they are quite pricey at 60-120euro each e.g. https://www.halleonard.com/product/5049 ... commentary

Will update as I uncover more.
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