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Title

  • La Didone

Names

  • Busenello, Giovanni Francesco, 1598-1659. lbt
  • Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676, supposed composer. cmp

Created / Published

  • In Venetia : Appresso Andrea Giuliani, 1656.

Headings

  • -  Ballets
  • -  Iride
  • -  Didone
  • -  Enea
  • -  Anchise
  • -  Ascanio
  • -  Creusa
  • -  Iarba
  • -  Anna
  • -  Cassandra
  • -  Sicheo
  • -  Pirro
  • -  Sinon
  • -  Ilioneo
  • -  Acate
  • -  Ecuba
  • -  Gioue
  • -  Giunone
  • -  Mercurio
  • -  Venere
  • -  Amore
  • -  Nettuno
  • -  Eolo
  • -  Fortuna

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; p. 52 misnumbered 54; "Con licenza de' superiori, & privilegio"--title page; "Argomento"--p. 3-4; "Prologo"--p. 6.
  • -  Music by Pier Francesco Cavalli--New Grove.
  • -  Si vende da Giacomo Batti libraro in Frezzria"--title page.
  • -  "Doppo un ballo de Mori affricani, finisce il secondo Atto"--p. 54
  • -  Performers' names not given.
  • -  Performance: Venezia, Teatro di San Cassiano, 1641.
  • -  Performance: Us-Wc

Medium

  • [2], 80 p. ; 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML48 [S1718]
  • Microfilm Music 1854, reel 36. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010666444

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Busenello, Giovanni Francesco, . Lbt, and Pier Francesco Cavalli. La Didone. In Venetia: Appresso Andrea Giuliani, 1656. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666444/.

APA citation style:

Busenello, G. F. & Cavalli, P. F. (1656) La Didone. In Venetia: Appresso Andrea Giuliani. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666444/.

MLA citation style:

Busenello, Giovanni Francesco, . Lbt, and Pier Francesco Cavalli. La Didone. In Venetia: Appresso Andrea Giuliani, 1656. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010666444/>.