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Book/Printed Material Messalina : drama per musica da rapresentarsi nel Teatro Vendramino di San Saluatore l'anno M.DC.LXXX. [i.e. 1680]

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Title

  • Messalina : drama per musica da rapresentarsi nel Teatro Vendramino di San Saluatore l'anno M.DC.LXXX. [i.e. 1680]

Names

  • Anna Isabella, duchessa, consort of Ferdinando Carlo, duca di Mantova, 1655-1703. dte
  • Pallavicino, Carlo, ca. 1630-1688, supposed composer. cmp
  • Piccioli, Francesco Maria. lbt

Created / Published

  • In Venetia : Per Francesco Nicolini, 1680.

Headings

  • -  Operas--Librettos
  • -  Ballets
  • -  Messalina
  • -  Claudio
  • -  Tullio
  • -  Floralba
  • -  Caio
  • -  Tergisto
  • -  Lismeno
  • -  Erginda
  • -  Paggio
  • -  Sergio
  • -  Eternità
  • -  Poesia
  • -  Tempo
  • -  Notte
  • -  Apollo

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Prologue and three acts; librettist's dedication--p. 3-4; "Argomento"--p. 5; foreword--p. 6; scene and ballet descriptions--p. 8; "Prologo[:] Celeste figurata"--p. 9-10.
  • -  Music by Carlo Pallavicino--New Grove.
  • -  "Con licenza de' superiori, e priuileg."--title page.
  • -  "Balli[:] di maschere; di forusciti; di ragi d'Apollo"--p. 8.
  • -  Performers' names not given.
  • -  Performance: Venezia, Teatro Vendramin di San Salvador, 1680.

Medium

  • [2], 72 p. ; 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML48 [S7728]
  • Microfilm Music 1854, reel 160. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010666304

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Anna Isabella, Duchessa, Consort Of Ferdinando Carlo, Duca Di Mantova, . Dte, Carlo Pallavicino, and Francesco Maria. Lbt Piccioli. Messalina: drama per musica da rapresentarsi nel Teatro Vendramino di San Saluatore l'anno M.DC.LXXX. i.e. In Venetia: Per Francesco Nicolini, 1680. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666304/.

APA citation style:

Anna Isabella, D., Pallavicino, C. & Piccioli, F. M. L. (1680) Messalina: drama per musica da rapresentarsi nel Teatro Vendramino di San Saluatore l'anno M.DC.LXXX. i.e. In Venetia: Per Francesco Nicolini. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666304/.

MLA citation style:

Anna Isabella, Duchessa, Consort Of Ferdinando Carlo, Duca Di Mantova, . Dte, Carlo Pallavicino, and Francesco Maria. Lbt Piccioli. Messalina: drama per musica da rapresentarsi nel Teatro Vendramino di San Saluatore l'anno M.DC.LXXX. i.e. In Venetia: Per Francesco Nicolini, 1680. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010666304/>.