Record ID:
113540
Creator:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Title:
Alceste : tragedia / messa in musica dal signore cavagliere Cristoforo Gluck ; dedicata a Sua Altezza Reale, l'arciduca Pietro Leopoldo, gran-duca di Toscana, etc. etc. etc.
Uniform title:
Alceste
Published:
In Vienna : Nella Stamparia Aulica di Giovanni Tomaso de Trattnern, 1769.
Notes:
Italian words.
Libretto by Ranieri de Calzabigi.
T.p.: p. [1]; composer's letter to "Altezza Reale": p. [3]; half t.p.: p. [5]; "Argomento": p. [7]; "Personaggi": p. [8]; "Mutazioni di scene": p. [9]; "Balli pantomimi" and "Balli balati": p. [10]; librettist's dedication to Maria Teresa: p. [11].
Signatures: A4, B2, C-Y4, Z2, Aa-Gg4, Hh.
Similar to Hopkinson 37 A, with the preliminaries reordered.
First ed.
Library's copy in original blue wrappers.
Provenance:
From the library of Monseigneur le Prince de Turenne, Grand Chambellan de France.
Associated names:
Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795, librettist.
Turenne, Prince de, Grand Chambellan de France, former owner.
Department:
Music Collection: