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Ballet music from the Mannheim court. Part II, Carl Joseph Toeschi, Mars et Vénus ; Christian Cannabich, Médée et Jason / edited by Nicole Baker.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Series:
- Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 47.
- Recent researches in Music Online 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 47
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Language:
- English
- French
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Ballets--Germany--Mannheim--18th century--Scores.
- Ballets.
- Genre:
- Ballet (Music)
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xxv, 201 pages, 2 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2020.
- Language Note:
- Includes original French synopses, with English translations; historical and editorial notes in English.
- Summary:
- "This edition presents two ballets on mythological subjects, both performed at the Mannheim court as entr'actes to opera seria: Carl Joseph Toeschi's Mars et Vénus, which was paired with Gian Franceso de Majo's Alessandro nell'Indie, and Christian Cannabich's Médée et Jason, performed with Johann Christian Bach's Temistocle. Also included are the original synopses of both ballets, which were printed as part of the corresponding opera librettos." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Mars et Vénus / Carl Joseph Toeschi
- Médée et Jason / Christian Cannabich.
- Notes:
- "This edition presents for the first time most of the surviving ballet music performed at Mannheim in the 1760s and 1770s. Each ballet is complete and newly engraved in full score and includes an introduction to the music, translations of the scenarios, and information on the sources, composers, ballet masters, and other pertinent historical backgrounds"--Pref.
- Sub-series edited, and preface written, by Paul Corneilson and Eugene K. Wolf.
- Includes introduction (pages ix-xxv) and critical notes (pages 199-201).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed March 13, 2020).
- Contains:
- Container of: Cannabich, Christian, 1731-1798. Médée et Jason.
- Container of: Toeschi, Carl Joseph, 1731?-1788. Mars et Vénus.
- OCLC:
- 1149478243
- Publisher Number:
- C047 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
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