Il Xerse (Cavalli, Francesco)

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1600s).
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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice (I-Vnm): Mss.It.IV.374
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Copyist François Fossard (1642-1702), copyist
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1695.
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Misc. Notes Incipit : "Rimanti amica pianta di pretiosi doni ornata" - Erreur de pagination : on passe de 289 à 300
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Editor Ensemble OrQuesta (b. 2018)
Publisher. Info. Ensemble OrQuesta, 2018.
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Editor Jolando Scarpa
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Work Title Il Xerse
Alternative. Title Xerxes, opera italien orné d'entrées de ballet representé dans la grande galerie des peintures du louvre devant le Roy après son mariage avec marie therese d'autriche infante d'espagne. L'an 1660. Le Seigneur Francesco Cavalli en a fait la Musique & les Airs de Ballet ont esté composez par Jean Baptiste de Lully Surintendant de la Musique de la Chambre. Recueilly par le S.r Fossard ordinaire de la Musique du Roy. L'an 1695
Name Translations Xerse; Xerxes; Kserkso
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177445952; LCCN: no96048329; GND: 1057856126; [3 more...]BNF: 13910376d; NLA: 35777467; BNE: XX3498309
Composer Cavalli, Francesco
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFC 15
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 Prolog, 5 Acts (+ Ouverture & 6 ballets added by Lully)
First Performance. 1654-01-12 in Venice, Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Paris, with Lully's added scores : Galerie du Louvre, 1660
Librettist Niccolò Minato (ca.1627-1698)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Xerse (Fa 4), Elviro (Ut 3), Arsamene (Ut 3), Romilda (Ut 1), Adelanta (Ut 1), Eumene (Ut 1), Amastre (Ut 1), Aristone (Fa 4), Ariodate (Ut 4), Clito (Ut 1), Periarco (Fa 4). - Orchestre : Sol 1, Ut 1, Ut 2, Ut 3, Fa 4.