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Dido : Musiktheater in zwei Teilen mit Musik von Henry Purcell und Michael Hirsch : für 6 Gesangssolisten, Kammerensemble und Zuspielungen : (2016) / Michael Hirsch.
LIBRA M1500.H57 D5 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Hirsch, Michael, 1958-2017, composer.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Scores.
- Operas.
- Operas, Arranged--Scores.
- Operas, Arranged.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Art music.
- Scores.
- Derivative works.
- Arrangements (Music)
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (v, 229 pages) ; 30 cm
- Edition:
- Partitur.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Edition Juliane Klein, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Staff notation.
- Italian and English words; Italian text printed separately with German translation.
- Contents:
- I. La Didone abbandonata : dramma per musica (2003) / Michael Hirsch ; nach dem gleichnamigen Libretto von Pietro Metastasio (approximately 14 min.)
- II. Dido and Aeneas : Oper in 3 Akten (1689/2016) / Henry Purcell ; Michael Hirsch ; Libretto: Nahum Tate (approximately 1 hr.)
- Notes:
- For soprano or mezzo-soprano (Dido), baritone (Aeneas), with 2 sopranos, 2 tenor, flute/piccolo, clarinet in B♭ and E♭/bass clarinet, trombone, accordion, 2 violins, viola, cello, percussion (2 players), and electronics.
- Duration: approximately 1:14:00.
- Includes notes on instrumentation and explanations in German.
- First part an original short opera by Michael Hirsch, based on the libretto Didone abbandonata by Pietro Metastasio; second part an arrangement of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, with libretto by Nahum Tate.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.
- Contains:
- Container of: Hirsch, Michael, 1958-2017. Didone abbandonata.
- Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas; arranged.
- OCLC:
- 993316609
- Publisher Number:
- 9790501478316 (pbk.)
- M501478316 (pbk.)
- EJK 0822 Edition Juliane Klein
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