Demofoonte (Jommelli, Niccolò)

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Complete (1743 Padua Version)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1743.
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Misc. Notes Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart (D-Sl): HB XVII 239a-c
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Selections (1743 Padua Version)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1756).
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Misc. Notes Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart (D-Sl): HB XVII 241a-b
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Complete (1753 Milan Version)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1753.
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Misc. Notes Bibl. del Cons. di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Naples (I-Nc): Rari 1.7.1.
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Selections (1753 Milan Version)

Copyist Giuseppe Sigismondo (1739–1826)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1812).
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Misc. Notes Bibl. del Cons. di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Naples (I-Nc): Rari 7.7.15.
Without sinfonia & some arias.
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Incomplete (1764 Stuttgart Version)

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Misc. Notes Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart (D-Sl): HB XVII 240a-c
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Complete (1770 Naples Version)

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Misc. Notes Bibl. del Cons. di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Naples (I-Nc): Rari 7.7.16-18.
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Selections (1770 Naples Version)

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Misc. Notes Bibl. del Cons. di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Naples (I-Nc): Rari 7.7.22.
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Copyist Giuseppe Sigismondo (1739–1826)
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Misc. Notes Bibl. del Cons. di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Naples (I-Nc): Rari 7.7.19-20.
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General Information

Work Title Demofoonte
Alternative. Title Dramma per Musica / da rappresentarsi / nel Teatro Obizzi / in Padova / in occasione della fiera dell'anno / MDCCXLIII.
Composer Jommelli, Niccolò
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. INJ 20
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 Acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1743, revised in 1770
First Performance. 1743-06-13 in Padua, Teatro degli Obizzi A
1770-11-04 in Naples, Teatro di San Carlo B
Librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra

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Garland Publications issued a complete photoreproduction of a version of this opera (copy held @ Wurttemburg) in 1978. A critical edition was published in 2009 by Ut Orpheus, Bologna. Individual arias were published in vocal score as early as 1871 (by Leuckart) if not much earlier.