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Title
Il Gran Macedone
Drama per mvsica : da rappresentarsi nel Teatro di San Casciano l'anno 1690 : consagrato all' altezza serenissima del signor dvca di Mantova, Monferrato, Carlovilla, Guastalla, &c
Creator
Boniventi, Giuseppe, ca. 1670-ca. 1727
Composer
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1652-1708
Dedicatee
Pancieri, Giulio
Librettist
Date Created and/or Issued
1690
Publication Information
In Venetia
Per Girolamo Albrizzi
Si vende in Campo dalla Guerra a' San Giulian all' insegna del Nome di Dio, con licenza de' superiori, e privileg
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library
Collection
Italian Librettos
Rights Information
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Description
Three acts; dedication p. 3-6; "Argomento"--p. 7-8; "Cortesissimo lettore"--p. 9; "Balli"--p. 10; scene and machine descriptions--p. 11; "Introduzione all'opera"--p. 12; "Moderazjoni fatte nell' Opera, ed Arie mutate"--[4] after p. 12; p. 48 misnumbered 84; "Benignissimo lettore"--p. 69; [4]pp. of corrections inserted at end.
Dedication on p. 3-6 dated "Venezia li [ ] Novembre 1690" and signed "Il Direttor dell' Opera, C.G.F.P."
Libretto by G. Pancieri--New Grove.
" ... che l'amarezza de medesimi sarà raddolcita dalle note armonise del Sig. Giuseppe Boneventi ... "--p. 9.
"Balli [:] Sei Statue con una rama d'alloro per cadauna in mano; Sei Satiri, ogn' uno de quali impugna una clava"--p. 10.
Performers' names not given.
US-BEm
Type
text
Extent
1-12, 4 , 13-69, 6 p. 15 cm.
Identifier
(librettos)00023
Language
Italian
Subject
Operas--Librettos
Alesandro
Efessione
Ferraspe
Stratone
Abdolomino
Coridea
Filismena
Arpasio
Cleffo
Venere
Fama
Deianira Maga

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