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Book/Printed Material Demetrio. Libretto. German & Italian

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Title

  • Demetrio. Libretto. German & Italian

Names

  • Caldara, Antonio, -- 1670-1736 (composer)
  • Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782, (librettist)

Created / Published

  • Druckts C. Bartsch/Herzogl. Privil. Hof- und Canzeley-Buchdrucker, Wolffenbüttel, 1734, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Operas -- Librettos
  • -  Cleonicé
  • -  Alceste
  • -  Fenicio
  • -  Olinto
  • -  Barsene
  • -  Mitrane

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; libretto in German and Italian on facing pages; notation on title page: Metastasio; "Argomento"/"Vorbericht"--p. [4]-[7]; scene descriptions--p. [10]-[11].
  • -  Libretto of "Il Demetrio" by Metastasio--New Grove.
  • -  "Die Music ist componirt von Sign. Antonio Caldara, Dero Kömisch-Käyserlich-und Catholischen Majestät Vice-Capellmeister"--p. [7].
  • -  "Tänze, nach der ersten Handlung ein Ballet von Syrischen Dames und Cavalliers; zu Anfang der dritten Handlung ein Ballet von Schiffern und ihren Weibern"--p. [11].
  • -  "Folgt eine Entre von Hof-Bedienten"--p. [45].
  • -  Performers' names not given.
  • -  Performance: Braunschweig, Opernhaus, 1734. (venue)

Form

  • print

Extent

  • [102] p. ; 19 cm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010665385

LC Classification

  • ML48 [S1480]

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Caldara, Antonio, and Pietro Metastasio. Demetrio. Libretto. German & Italian. Druckts C. Bartsch/Herzogl. Privil. Hof- und Canzeley-Buchdrucker, Wolffenbüttel, monographic, 1734. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010665385/.

APA citation style:

Caldara, A. & Metastasio, P. (1734) Demetrio. Libretto. German & Italian. Druckts C. Bartsch/Herzogl. Privil. Hof- und Canzeley-Buchdrucker, Wolffenbüttel, monographic. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010665385/.

MLA citation style:

Caldara, Antonio, and Pietro Metastasio. Demetrio. Libretto. German & Italian. Druckts C. Bartsch/Herzogl. Privil. Hof- und Canzeley-Buchdrucker, Wolffenbüttel, monographic, 1734. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010665385/>.