Cantate e duetti : dedicati alla sacra maestà di Giorgio re della Gran Bretagna &c. / da Giovanni Bononcini.

Composer
Bononcini, Giovanni, 1670-1747 [Browse]
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Format
Musical score
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
Londra : [publisher not identified], 1721.
Description
1 score ([8], 99 pages) ; 24 x 34 cm, oblong folio

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    • Comprises 6 cantatas for soprano, 6 for contralto, a duet for soprano and contralto, and a duet for 2 contraltos; accompaniment for one or two treble instruments (sometimes specified as 2 violins) and continuo.
    • Unrealized figured bass for keyboard instrument.
    • Dedication (in Italian) on p. [3]: "Dedicati alla sacra maestà di Giorgio Re deila Gran Bretagna &c.".
    • "The names of the subscribers" on p. [5]-[8]. Princeton copy contains four additional hand-written names.
    • Engraved throughout, except for letterpress subscribers' list.
    • Music treasures at Princeton
    Language note
    Italian words.
    Script
    Staff notation.
    Contents
    • Ecco Dorinda il giorno
    • Da te che pasci ogn'ora
    • Barbara ninfa in grata
    • Dolente e mesta vo sospirando
    • Il Lamento d'Olimpia
    • O frondoso arboscello
    • Luci barbare spietate
    • Care luci del mio bene
    • O mesta tortorella
    • Siedi, Amarilli mia
    • Lasciami un sol momento
    • Misero pastorello
    • Già la stagion d'amore
    • Pietoso nume arcier.
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    England London
    Other title(s)
    Cantate e dvetti
    OCLC
    18737707
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