A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Tigrane, Il

by George Grove

TIGRANE, IL. An Italian opera, composed by Righini, 1800, the overture of which was at one time a favourite in London. The discovery of the parts of this overture in his father's warehouse gave Schumann his first opportunity of conducting.^[1] It has been lately re-scored, and published by Aibl of Munich.

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1. Wasielewski, p. 14.