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Rinaldo and Armida / John Eccles ; edited by Steven Plank.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Eccles, John, -1735, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 176.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 176
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--England--17th century--Scores.
- Operas.
- Renaud de Montauban (Legendary character)--Drama.
- Renaud de Montauban (Legendary character).
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xix, 116 pages, 4 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.
- Language Note:
- English words.
- Staff notation.
- Summary:
- "The tragedy Rinaldo and Armida by John Dennis with 'musical entertainments' by John Eccles was performed in London at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in 1698. A rich example of 'dramatick opera,' this collaboration of Dennis and Eccles continues the hybrid form of musical theater nurtured earlier by Purcell and Dryden, a form that would soon give way to the hegemony of Italian opera in England. Rinaldo and Armida garnered wide-spread attention in its performance by Thomas Betterton's troupe amid the theatrical rivalry between the companies at Lincoln's Inn Fields and Drury Lane. Importantly, Dennis's design of the drama and his claims for the music are innovative, stressing the unusual degree of integration between the music and drama. This edition presents the spoken and sung texts as a continuous dramatic unit preceded by a transcription of the prefatory materials from the printed primary sources. The dances and one additional air associated with the play are also included in the volume." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dramatis personae
- Title page to the playbook
- Dedication to the playbook
- Preface to the playbook
- Preface to The Musical Entertainments (1699)
- Notes to the prefatory materials
- Act 1
- Act 2
- Act 3
- Act 4
- Act 5
- Additional music from Rinaldo and Armida.
- Notes:
- Dramatic opera in 5 acts; spoken text of the play and the portions set to music are integrated together.
- Libretto by John Dennis, based on: Gerusalemme liberata / Torquato Tasso.
- Music edited principally from a manuscript score (British Library Add. Ms. 29378) and two printed anthologies (John Eccles's A collection of songs for one, two, and three voices together, and, his Theatre musick).
- Includes introduction and critical report.
- "The works of John Eccles"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed 26 February 2019).
- Contains:
- Adaptation of: Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. Gerusalemme liberata.
- OCLC:
- 1090934499
- Publisher Number:
- B176 A-R Editions, Inc.
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