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Le muse in gara / Pietro Domenico Paradies ; edited by Vanessa Tonelli.
LIBRA M2 .R238 v.225
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Paradies, Pietro Domenico, 1707-1791, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 225.
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 225
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Muses (Greek deities)--Songs and music.
- Muses (Greek deities).
- Serenatas--Scores.
- Serenatas.
- Cantatas, Secular (Women's voices)--Scores.
- Cantatas, Secular (Women's voices).
- Music--Italy--Venice--18th century--Scores.
- Music.
- Italy--Venice.
- Genre:
- Serenatas.
- Chamber music.
- Scores.
- Songs and music.
- Cantatas.
- Songs.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (xxvii, 193 pages, 3 pages of plates) : facsimiles ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2021.
- Language Note:
- Italian words ; also printed as text with English translation (pages xvi-xxvi).
- Summary:
- "Le muse in gara, a serenata composed by Pietro Domenico Paradies on a libretto by D. Giacomo De Belli, was a highlight of the Venetian musical and cultural milieu at its premiere in the Ospedale di Mendicanti on 4 April 1740. The performance, given by the Ospedale's all-female musical ensemble, enticed hundreds of esteemed nobles and foreigners, including a special guest, the future Prince-Elector of Saxony Frederick Christian. With so many prestigious audience members in attendance to hear the exceptional female musicians, the text and the context of the performance present an occasion of Venice's foreign relations being fashioned through the Ospedale and its musical performances. This edition of Le muse in gara offers a crucial glimpse of the importance of the Ospedale and its female musicians in Venice's political maneuvering, with an introduction that highlights institutional structure and performer contributions in relation to the work." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- For vocal soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto), violins (3), viola, and basso continuo.
- Includes preface and critical notes in English.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxvii).
- ISBN:
- 9781987207095
- 1987207092
- OCLC:
- 1282302233
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