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Book/Printed Material Alessandro Magno in Sidone : drama per musica da rappresentarsi nel famoso Teatro Grimano à SS. Gio. Paolo

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Title

  • Alessandro Magno in Sidone : drama per musica da rappresentarsi nel famoso Teatro Grimano à SS. Gio. Paolo

Names

  • Ziani, Marc'Antonio, approximately 1653-1715, composer
  • Grimani, Giovanni Carlo. dedicatee
  • Aureli, Aurelio, d. 1708, librettist

Created / Published

  • In Venetia : Per Francesco Nicolini, 1678.

Headings

  • -  Operas--Librettos
  • -  Ballets
  • -  Alessandro
  • -  Efestione
  • -  Eumene
  • -  Eusonia
  • -  Taide
  • -  Rodisbe
  • -  Oronte
  • -  Cleandro
  • -  Erindo
  • -  Fortuna
  • -  Gloria
  • -  Apollo

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; librettist's dedication--p. 3-4; "Argomento"--p. 5-6; librettist's foreword--p. 7-8; ballet descriptions--p. 9; scene descriptions--p. 10.
  • -  "Con licenza de' superiori, e priuileg."--title page.
  • -  Music by Marc'Antonio Ziani--foreword.
  • -  "Balli[:] di caualieri, e dame mascherate à la Todescha, cà la Spagnola; di gladiatori che combattono con due leoni"--p. 9.
  • -  Date of performance surmised from imprint.
  • -  Performers' names not given.
  • -  Performance: Venezia, Teatro Grimani di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1679?

Medium

  • [2], 70, [2] p. ; 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML48 [S11178]
  • Microfilm Music 1854, reel 226. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010666100

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Grimani, Giovanni Carlo. Dedicatee, and Aurelio Aureli. Alessandro Magno in Sidone: drama per musica da rappresentarsi nel famoso Teatro Grimano à SS. Gio. Paolo. composeds by Ziani, Marc'Antonio, Approximately In Venetia: Per Francesco Nicolini, 1697. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666100/.

APA citation style:

Grimani, G. C. D. & Aureli, A. (1697) Alessandro Magno in Sidone: drama per musica da rappresentarsi nel famoso Teatro Grimano à SS. Gio. Paolo. Ziani, M., comp In Venetia: Per Francesco Nicolini. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666100/.

MLA citation style:

Grimani, Giovanni Carlo. Dedicatee, and Aurelio Aureli. Alessandro Magno in Sidone: drama per musica da rappresentarsi nel famoso Teatro Grimano à SS. Gio. Paolo. comp by Ziani, Marc'Antonio, Approximately In Venetia: Per Francesco Nicolini, 1697. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010666100/>.