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Book/Printed Material L'Orimonte : drama per musica

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Title

  • L'Orimonte : drama per musica

Names

  • Contarini, Girolamo. dte
  • Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676, supposed composer. cmp
  • Minato, Niccolò, b. ca. 1630. lbt

Created / Published

  • In Venetia : Per il Valuasense : si vende in Frezaria, 1650.

Headings

  • -  Operas--Librettos
  • -  Ballets
  • -  Plutone
  • -  Confusione
  • -  Volturio
  • -  Tantalo
  • -  Titio
  • -  Issione
  • -  Orimonte
  • -  Isandra
  • -  Ernesto
  • -  Cleanta
  • -  Belireno
  • -  Esone
  • -  Farnace
  • -  Canceuere
  • -  Alcea
  • -  Fleria
  • -  Lisi
  • -  Giove
  • -  Pallade
  • -  Mercutio
  • -  Amore
  • -  Gelosia

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; p. 42-43 misnumbered 40-41; cover illustration; librettist's dedication--p. 5-6; "Argomento"--p. 7-9; foreword--p. 10; scene and ballet descriptions--p. 12; "Prologo"--p. 13-15; lines out on p. 14, 19-21, 23-41, 44-49, 54-64 and elsewhere.
  • -  "Con licenza de' sup. e privilegio"--title page.
  • -  Balli: di spiriti nel Prologo; di soldati, e marinari nel fine del primo atto; di fauni nel fine del secondo atto"--p. 12.
  • -  Music by Cavalli--New Grove.
  • -  Performers' names not given.

Medium

  • 100 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML48 [S1723]
  • Microfilm Music 1854, reel 36. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010666470

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Contarini, Girolamo. Dte, Pier Francesco Cavalli, and Niccolò Minato. L'Orimonte: drama per musica. In Venetia: Per il Valuasense: si vende in Frezaria, 1650. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666470/.

APA citation style:

Contarini, G. D., Cavalli, P. F. & Minato, N. (1650) L'Orimonte: drama per musica. In Venetia: Per il Valuasense: si vende in Frezaria. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010666470/.

MLA citation style:

Contarini, Girolamo. Dte, Pier Francesco Cavalli, and Niccolò Minato. L'Orimonte: drama per musica. In Venetia: Per il Valuasense: si vende in Frezaria, 1650. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010666470/>.