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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 14101-14249 Language Italian Subject Operas

1. Add MS 14113

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'La Rosmene', opera
Scope & Content:
'La Rosmene': Opera in 3 Acts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Porpora, 1742. Mostly autograph, with numerous additions, evidently in the hand of the composer's amanuensis. Characters: Tirinto, Argenio, Rosmene, Clomiri, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1742
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

2. Add MS 14113-14121

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Title:
Operas, in full score, more or less complete, by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Chiefly Autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1711-c 1760
Extent:
9 volumes

3. Add MS 14114

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Title:
Portions of three operas by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
Portions of three Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes (in nos. 2 and 3), trumpets (in no. 3), strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Porpora. Nos. 1, 2 are entirely autograph, as also most of no. 3. 1. Act ii of 'Ifigenia [in Tauride] {[in Aulide]}'; 18-22 A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1735
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)

4. Add MS 14115

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Title:
Portions of two operas by Nicola Popora
Scope & Content:
Portions of two Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Nicolò Antonio Porpora. Autograph. 1. Acts ii and iii of 'Mitridate' [1733] {First performed at Rome during the Carnival season at 1730}....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1733
Extent:
1 volume (143 folios)

5. Add MS 14116

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Siface', opera, acts i and iii
Scope & Content:
'Siface': Acts i and iii, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, trumpets and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By N. A. Porpora, 1726.] Autograph. Characters: Siface, Erminio, Orcano, Viridate, Ismene, and Libanio.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1726
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

6. Add MS 14117

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Il Trionfo di Camilla', opera
Scope & Content:
'Il Trionfo di Camilla'; with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, trumpets, oboes, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score, by Nicolò Porpora [1760]. Acts i and iii only. In the march in Act iii the orchestra is divided into two 'cori.' Autograph. Characters: Camilla, Pren...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

7. Add MS 14118

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Gli orti esperidi', opera
Scope & Content:
'Gl' Orti Esperidi': described by Fétis as an 'Azione teatrale'; in two parts, with symphonies and accompaniments for trombe da caccia, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By N. A. Porpora.] Finished 22 August, 1721. Autograph. Characters: Adone, Venere, M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1721
Extent:
1 volume (108 folios)

8. Add MS 14119

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: 'Didone', opera, acts ii and iii
Scope & Content:
'Didone': Acts ii and iii, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, trumpets, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By Porpora, about 1740 {1725}.] Autograph. Characters: Iarba, Araspe, Selene, Didone, Osmida, and Enea.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1725
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

9. Add MS 14120

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Title:
An opera and a cantata by Nicola Porpora
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-154. 'Angelica [e Medoro]': described by Fétis as an 'Azione teatrale'; in two parts, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes (short and long), trombe da caccia, and bassoons, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score; 1720. [By N. A. Porpora.] Part i was begun on 7 August, and Par...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712-1720
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 14121

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Title:
Nicola Porpora: ‘Flavio Anicio Olibrio’, opera, acts i and ii
Scope & Content:
‘[Flavio Anicio] Olibrio,’ Acts i and ii; with symphonies and accompaniments for strings (including lute and archlute), and a figured bass for harpsichord, etc., in score. [By N. A. Porpora, 1711.] Most of the first 29 leaves are in the hand of an amanuansis; the rest autograph. Characters: Olibr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1711
Extent:
1 volume (158 folios)