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Book/Printed Material La costanza di Rosmonda : drama per musica

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Title

  • La costanza di Rosmonda : drama per musica

Names

  • Franchi, Horatio. costume designer
  • Volpe, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1620-1691, supposed composer. compilerposer
  • Rovettino, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1620-1691, supposed composer. compilerposer
  • Aureli, Aurelio, d. 1708, librettist
  • Grimani Calergi, Vittorio. dedicatee
  • Moscatelli, Alfonso. artist

Created / Published

  • In Venetia : Per il Valuasense : Si vende in Frezzaria, e Spadaria, 1659.

Headings

  • -  Operas--Librettos
  • -  Luna
  • -  Tempo
  • -  Poesia
  • -  Fortuna
  • -  Rosmonda
  • -  Pelope
  • -  Alfea
  • -  Yespino
  • -  Agamennone
  • -  Clitennestra
  • -  Oreste
  • -  Simo
  • -  Antipatro
  • -  Cirene
  • -  Aurindo
  • -  Floro
  • -  Gloria
  • -  Virtù
  • -  Fortezza

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; librettist's dedication--p. 3-4; librettist's foreword--p. 5-6; "Argomento de i fatti antecedenti à quelli del drama"--p. 7-9; scene descriptions--p. 10-11; "Prologo ... La Luna, Il Tempo, La Poesia, La Fortuna"--p. 13-16; synopsis in verse for each act immediately preceding it; afterword containing suggested cuts and alternate text passages--p. 91-92.
  • -  Music for La costanza di Rosimonda [sic] by Giovanni Battista Volpe (pseudonym: Rovettino)--Dizionario della musica e dei musicisti.
  • -  "Con licenza de' superiori, e priuilegio"--title page.
  • -  Scenery by Alfonso Moscatelli, costumes by Horatio Franchi--foreword.
  • -  Performers' names not given.
  • -  Performance: Venezia, Teatro Grimani, 1659.

Medium

  • 92, [4] p. ; 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML48 [S9108]
  • Microfilm Music 1854, reel 186. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010666433

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Franchi, Horatio. Costume Designer, Giovanni Battista Volpe, Giovanni Battista Rovettino, Aurelio Aureli, Vittorio. Dedicatee Grimani Calergi, and Alfonso. Artist Moscatelli. La costanza di Rosmonda: drama per musica. In Venetia: Per il Valuasense: Si vende in Frezzaria, e Spadaria, 1659. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666433/.

APA citation style:

Franchi, H. C. D., Volpe, G. B., Rovettino, G. B., Aureli, A., Grimani Calergi, V. D. & Moscatelli, A. A. (1659) La costanza di Rosmonda: drama per musica. In Venetia: Per il Valuasense: Si vende in Frezzaria, e Spadaria. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666433/.

MLA citation style:

Franchi, Horatio. Costume Designer, et al. La costanza di Rosmonda: drama per musica. In Venetia: Per il Valuasense: Si vende in Frezzaria, e Spadaria, 1659. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010666433/>.