Les Chinois

Giuseppe Sellitto
Paris, 1759
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Mus 894.276

Click for full-size imageThis popular musical entertainment, premiered at the Parisian Comédie italienne in 1756, is a parody of Sellitto's Il cinese rimpatriato and incorporates additional music by other composers including Pergolesi and Cocchi.

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