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Add MS 31530
- Record Id:
- 040-002023663
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002023510
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001443.0x0000dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 31530
- Title:
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" PORSENNA " : an opera in three acts
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 163. ['Porsenna']: Opera in 3 Acts, with instrumental symphonies and accompaniments (apparently strings only), in score. According to the original fly-leaf, it was attributed to Scarlatti or Lotti. This may suggest it is the opera of that name assigned by Clément and Larousse (Dictionnaire Lyrique, p. 539) to Antonio Lotti, 1712, for which Alessandro Scarlatti wrote some additional numbers at its performance in Naples in 1713. However, comparison with the printed libretto for that opera suggests it is not the same.
The text given in the manuscript does correlate with that for the opera Muzio Scevola, by Nicolò Minato (c. 1627-1698). Composers who set this libretto include Francesco Cavalli (1665, Bologna) , Alessandro Stradella (as 'Le gare dell'amor eroico': 1679, Genoa) and Clemente Monari (1692, Wolffenbuttel).
Characters: Publicola, Oratio, Porsenna, Publio, Mutio, Floro, Elisa, Ismeno, Valeria, Vitellia, Tarquinio, Porfiria, and Milone.
Includes 'A Porfiria vecchiarella' (f. 22b) and 'Se nel ben' (f. 33) from Stradella's Orazio Cocle, see O. H. Jander, A catalogue of the manuscripts of compositions by Alessandro Stradella, pp. 65, 66.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002023510
040-002023663 - Is part of:
- Add MS 31384-31823 : The following collection of MS. Music, Nos. 31,384-31,823, was formed by Mr. Julian Marshall.
Add MS 31530 : " PORSENNA " : an opera in three acts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002023510[0140]/040-002023663
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 31384-31823
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (163 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1725
- Date Range:
- 1700-1725
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper oblong folio
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Lotti, Antonio, composer, 1667-1740
Scarlatti, Alessandro, composer, 1660-1725
Stradella, Alessandro, composer - Subjects:
- Operas