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Book/Printed Material The voice of discord, or, The battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers = La voix de la discorde, ou, La bataille des violons. Histoire d'un attentat seditieux, et atroce contre la vie et les biens de cinquante chanteurs et violinistes. Voix de la discorde

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Title

  • The voice of discord, or, The battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers = La voix de la discorde, ou, La bataille des violons. Histoire d'un attentat seditieux, et atroce contre la vie et les biens de cinquante chanteurs et violinistes.

Other Title

  • Voix de la discorde

Names

  • Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for W. Owen and T. Snelling, M.DCC.LIII [1753]

Headings

  • -  Opera--Italy
  • -  Opera--England--London

Notes

  • -  English and French on opposite pages; dedication in Italian.
  • -  Burlesque reply to the author's anonymous Scheme for having in London and Italian opera of a new tase. Occasioned by a quarrel between the impresario Vanneschi, and musicians of his opera company.

Medium

  • 55 p. ; 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML1731.3 .B2
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item B-023, Reel 17 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 20014647

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Baretti, Giuseppe. The voice of discord, or, The battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers = La voix de la discorde, ou, La bataille des violons.Histoire d'un attentat seditieux, et atroce contre la vie et les biens de cinquante chanteurs et violinistes. [London: Printed for W. Owen and T. Snelling, M.DCC.LIII, 1753] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/20014647/.

APA citation style:

Baretti, G. (1753) The voice of discord, or, The battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers = La voix de la discorde, ou, La bataille des violons.Histoire d'un attentat seditieux, et atroce contre la vie et les biens de cinquante chanteurs et violinistes. [London: Printed for W. Owen and T. Snelling, M.DCC.LIII] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/20014647/.

MLA citation style:

Baretti, Giuseppe. The voice of discord, or, The battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers = La voix de la discorde, ou, La bataille des violons.Histoire d'un attentat seditieux, et atroce contre la vie et les biens de cinquante chanteurs et violinistes. [London: Printed for W. Owen and T. Snelling, M.DCC.LIII, 1753] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/20014647/>.