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HALL OF THE TROPHIES
II.8.C.22
A. Bétourné & Théodore Labarre
Le Klephte, Paris ca. 1825
engraved musical score, 2 pages, each 34 × 25.5 cm
inscribed (title and signatures, top centre): LE KLEPHTE / ROMANCE de M.r
A. BÉTOURNÉ. / Musique de THÉODORE LABARRE. / N.o 15. – Prix: 2f . / Chez E. TROUPENAS Rue S.t Marc N.o 23. Hellenic Parliament Art Collection, inv. n. 874
A MUSIC COMPOSITION by Théodore François Joseph Labarre (1805-1870) on a libretto by Ambroise Bétourné (1795-1835), inspired by the Greek Revolution and the tradition of the klephts
and armatoloi, documented in klephtic ballads [cat. no II.8.C.21]. The title page is adorned with a litho- graphed vignette, with a fully armed klepht before his beloved.
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