Hidden in Plain Sight: Musical Treasures in the Penn Library Curated by Marjorie Hassen Otto E. Albrecht Music Library University of Pennsylvania

Presentation Score of Rossini's La Semiramide Gioacchino Rossini, 1792-1868 La Semiramide Manuscript, 1826 In: Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia Collection of Music Ms. Coll. 217, Item 299 Act I Quintet A presentation score of Rossini's 1823 opera inscribed: "Mr. Chs. Cardini of Leghorn who on the 23d of February 1826 was elected an honorary member of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia humbly presents to the society itself." Cardini is likely Carlo Cardini, a tenor active in Italy in the 1820s.

Table of Contents Introduction Manuscript Collections: Institutions Manuscript Collections: Individuals Sheet Music Images Conducting Scores Music Manuscripts: 15th-18th Centuries Music Manuscripts: 19th & 20th Centuries Landmarks of Music Theory