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Book/Printed Material Angelica e Medoro. Libretto. German & Italian

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Title

  • Angelica e Medoro. Libretto. German & Italian

Names

  • Graun, Karl Heinrich, -- 1704-1759 (composer)
  • Bon, Girolamo. (artist)
  • Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786. (dedicatee)
  • Sophie Dorothea, Queen, consort of Frederick William I, King of Prussia, 1687-1757. (dedicatee)
  • Villati, Leopoldo de. (librettist)
  • Bellavita, Innocente. (artist)

Created / Published

  • Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, 1749, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Operas -- Librettos
  • -  Ballets
  • -  Angelica
  • -  Medoro
  • -  Alcina
  • -  Orlando
  • -  Ruggiero
  • -  Melissa
  • -  Astolfo

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; libretto in Italian and German on facing pages; p. 14-15 apparently filmed twice; p. 16 misnumbered 10; last page of libretto in German apparently missing; legal notice--title page; "Argomento"/"Innhalt des Singespiels"--p. 4-7; scene descriptions--p. 8-9.
  • -  Date of performance surmised from imprint.
  • -  "Die Poesie ist von dem Königl. Hof-Poeten, Herrn Leopoldo von Villati, und die Music von dem berühmten Capellmeister Sr. Majestät, Herrn Carl Heinrich Graun, verfertiget worden"--p. 7.
  • -  "Die Scenen sind von der vortreflichen Erfindung des Herrn Innocente Bellavita, Decoratoris Sr. Majestät"--p. 7.
  • -  "Die Maschine, mit der Königl Burg der Venus, ist von der Erfindung und Direction des Königl. Theatralschen Architecti, Mahlers, Ingenieurs, und Maschinen-Meisters, Herrn Girolamo Bon"--p. 7.
  • -  "Nach der ersten Handlung, Ballet von Schiffern"--p. 11.
  • -  "In der zweyten Handlung, Ballet von Furien und Geistern"--p. 11.
  • -  "Nach der zweyten Handlung, Ballet von Africanern"--p. 11.
  • -  "Nach der dritten Handlung, Ballet von dem Gefolge der Venus"--p. 11.
  • -  Performers' names not given.
  • -  Performance: Berlin, Berlinischer Schauplatz, 1749? (venue)

Form

  • print

Extent

  • 128 p. ; 16 cm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010665109

LC Classification

  • ML48 [S4088]

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Graun, Karl Heinrich, Girolamo Bon, King Of Prussia Frederick Ii, Queen Sophie Dorothea, Leopoldo De Villati, and Innocente Bellavita. Angelica e Medoro. Libretto. German & Italian. Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, monographic, 1749. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010665109/.

APA citation style:

Graun, K. H., Bon, G., Frederick Ii, K. O. P., Sophie Dorothea, Q., Villati, L. D. & Bellavita, I. (1749) Angelica e Medoro. Libretto. German & Italian. Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, monographic. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010665109/.

MLA citation style:

Graun, Karl Heinrich, et al. Angelica e Medoro. Libretto. German & Italian. Bey Haude und Spener, Berlin, monographic, 1749. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010665109/>.