The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Volume IX: La Statira (Harvard Publications in Music, No 15, Band 9) - Softcover

Scarlatti, Alessandro

 
9780674640351: The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Volume IX: La Statira (Harvard Publications in Music, No 15, Band 9)
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ISBN 10: 0674640357 ISBN 13: 9780674640351
Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1985

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<p>This widely praised publication of the work of a key figure in the history of opera provides the most reliable version of the score for each opera, appending a translation of the libretto. <i>La Statira</i> is the ninth opera available in the edition, which is under the general editorship of Donald Jay Grout.<br><br><i>La Statira</i> was first performed in Rome in January 1690, to inaugurate the carnival season for that year. The opera, with libretto by Cardinal Ottoboni, recounts the story of Alexander the Great’s defeat of Darius, King of Persia, and his love for Statira, daughter of Darius. Alexander’s bravery and magnanimity were favorite subjects of operatic librettists in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his Introduction, William Holmes sketches the opera’s history and discusses performance questions.</p>

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

William C. Holmes is Professor of Music at the University of California, Irvine.

Donald Jay Grout is Given Foundation Professor of Musicology, Emeritus, at Cornell University.

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This widely praised publication of the work of a key figure in the history of opera provides the most reliable version of the score for each opera, appending a translation of the libretto. La Statira is the ninth opera available in edition, which is under the general editorship of Donald Jay Grout.La Statira was first performed in Rome in January 1690, to inaugurate the carnival season for that year. The opera, with libretto by Cardinal Ottoboni, recounts the story of Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius, King of Persia, and his love for Statira, daughter of Darius.

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Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1985
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Englisch
ISBN 10 
0674640357
ISBN 13 
9780674640351
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209
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