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Title

  • An essay on the opera

Names

  • Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712-1764

Created / Published

  • Glasgow : Printed for R. Urie, M.DCC.LXVIII [1768]

Headings

  • -  Operas--Philosophy and aesthetics--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Includes the author's Æneas in Troy ("the embrio of a drama") and Iphigenia at Aulis.
  • -  Translation of: Saggio sopra l'opera in music.

Medium

  • iv, [3]-124, [2], 125-182 p. ; 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML3858 .A39
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item A-025c, Reel 4 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04009035

OCLC Number

  • 8330164

Online Format

  • image

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Algarotti, Francesco, Conte. An Essay on the Opera. [Glasgow: Printed for R. Urie, M.DCC.LXVIII, 1768] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/04009035/.

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Algarotti, F. (1768) An Essay on the Opera. [Glasgow: Printed for R. Urie, M.DCC.LXVIII] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04009035/.

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Algarotti, Francesco, Conte. An Essay on the Opera. [Glasgow: Printed for R. Urie, M.DCC.LXVIII, 1768] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04009035/>.