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Book/Printed Material Semiramide. Libretto. German & Italian

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Title

  • Semiramide. Libretto. German & Italian

Names

  • Graun, Karl Heinrich, -- 1704-1759 (composer)
  • Galli Bibiena, Giuseppe, 1696-1757.
  • Tagliazucchi, Giovanni Pietro. (translator)
  • Sophie Dorthea, Queen, consort of Frederick William I, King of Prussia, 1687-1757. (dedicatee)
  • Denis, Herr. (choreographer)

Created / Published

  • Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, 1754, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Operas -- Librettos
  • -  Ballets
  • -  Semiramide
  • -  Ninia
  • -  Assuro
  • -  Azèma
  • -  Osroa
  • -  Mitrane
  • -  Nino

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; libretto in Italian and German on facing pages; added title page in Italian; "Mit allergnädigster Freyheit"--title page; "Argomento"/"Inhalt des Singespiels"--p. 4-5; "Decorazioni"/"Auszierungen der Schaubühne"--p. 8-11.
  • -  " ... Die anderen Umstände sind blosse Wirckungen der lebhaften Einbildungs-Krafft des berühmten und vortreflichen französischen Dichters, als Verfassers des Trauer-Spiels, woraus dieses Singe-Spiel gezogen, und hernach in italiänische Verse gebracht worden ist, von Gian Pietro Tagliazucchi. Sr. Königl. Majest. Hof-Poeten, und Mitgliede der Arcadischen Gesellschaft"--p. 5.
  • -  "Die Musick ist von dem Königl. Capellmeister, Herrn Carl Heinrich Graun"--p. 7.
  • -  "Die Ballets sind von der Erpfindung des Herrn Denis, Königl. Ballet-Meisters"--p. 7.
  • -  "Die Auszierungen sind von der neuen Erfindung und Zeichnung des Herrn Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Architecti und Decoratoris der Schauplätze Sr. Königl. Majest."--p. 11.
  • -  Mentions three accompanying ballets, "Ballet von Priestern" at the end of Act 1, an untitled ballet performed by furies at the end of Act 2 and a "Ballet des fröhlichen Volcks" at the end of Act 3.
  • -  Performers' names not given.
  • -  Performance: Berlin, Berlinischer Schauplatz, 1754. (venue)

Form

  • print

Extent

  • 135 p. ; 17 cm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010664989

LC Classification

  • ML48 [S4112]

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Graun, Karl Heinrich, Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Giovanni Pietro Tagliazucchi, Queen Sophie Dorthea, and Herr Denis. Semiramide. Libretto. German & Italian. Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, monographic, 1754. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010664989/.

APA citation style:

Graun, K. H., Galli Bibiena, G., Tagliazucchi, G. P., Sophie Dorthea, Q. & Denis, H. (1754) Semiramide. Libretto. German & Italian. Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, monographic. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010664989/.

MLA citation style:

Graun, Karl Heinrich, et al. Semiramide. Libretto. German & Italian. Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, monographic, 1754. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010664989/>.