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Title
Il Giasone
Drama musicale
Creator
Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676
Composer
Cicognini, Giacinto Andrea, 1606-approximately 1650
Librettist
Date Created and/or Issued
1664
Publication Information
In Venetia
Per Nicolò Pezzana
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library
Collection
Italian Librettos
Rights Information
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Description
Three acts; p. 59 misnumbered 65; "Con licenza de superiori"--title page; "Argomento"--p. 3-5; "Alli lettori, & spettatori del drama"--p. 6; scene descriptions--p. 8; "prologo"--p. 9-12.
Music by Cavalli--New Grove.
Includes mention of an accompanying "ballo di spiriti" at the end of act 1, and an untitled ballet at the end of act 2.
Performers' names not given.
US-BEm
Type
text
Extent
108 p. 15 cm.
Identifier
(librettos)00057
Language
Italian
Subject
Operas--Librettos
Ballets
Giasone
Ercole
Besso
Isifile
Oreste
Alinda
Medea
Delfa
Rosmina
Egeo
Demo
Sole
Amore
Gioue
Eolo
Zeffiro

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