Il S. Alessio : dramma musicale : dall'eminentissimo, et reverendissimo signore card. Barberino, fatto rappresentare al serenissimo prencipe Alessandro Carlo di Polonia / dedicato a Sua Eminenza e posto in musica da Stefano Landi romano...

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Il S. Alessio : dramma musicale : dall'eminentissimo, et reverendissimo signore card. Barberino, fatto rappresentare al serenissimo prencipe Alessandro Carlo di Polonia / dedicato a Sua Eminenza e posto in musica da Stefano Landi romano...


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Title
Il S. Alessio : dramma musicale : dall'eminentissimo, et reverendissimo signore card. Barberino, fatto rappresentare al serenissimo prencipe Alessandro Carlo di Polonia / dedicato a Sua Eminenza e posto in musica da Stefano Landi romano...
Alternative Title
Sant'Alessio
Creator
Landi, Stefano, 1586 or 1587-1639.
Contributor
Alexius,--Saint.
Barberini, Francesco, 1597-1679.
Clement IX, Pope, 1600-1669.
Collignon, François, 1609?-1657.
Friends of Music at Yale University Gift, 1953.
Library Associates--Gift, 1953.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669.
Waza, Aleksander Karol,--1614-1634.
Published / Created
MDCXXXIV [1634]
Publication Place
In Roma :
Publisher
Appresso Paolo Masotti,
Abstract

Music by Stefano Landi, libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi. Cf. Grove music online.

Opera performed at the Palazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland.

Set design is often falsely attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini; Pietro da Cortona contributed to the set design. Cf. Art Bulletin 46:4 (Dec. 1964) p. 569, fn 3.

Description
Cf. RISM L534.
Engraved plates representing opera decors; each signed "J.B. [i.e. J.L. Bernini]; J. Collignon, sculp."
Extra illustrated copy with additional set of engravings (without the proscenium arches). No. 3 of 3 titles bound together.
MUS : Gift of the Friends of Music and The Library Associates, 1953.
Music by Stefano Landi, libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi. Cf. Grove music online.
Opera performed at thePalazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland.
Set design is often falsely attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini; Pietro da Cortona contributed to the set design. Cf. Art Bulletin 46:4 (Dec. 1964) p. 569, fn 3.
T.p. with engraved coat of arms of Cardinal Barberino.
Extent
1 score (182 p., 8 [i.e. 16] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 35 cm. (fol.)
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Italian

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Italian Festivals +49

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Festival books--Italy--Rome--1634.
Operas--Italy--Rome--1634.
Resource Type
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Name)
Alexius,--Saint.
Barberini, Francesco, 1597-1679.
Clement IX, Pope, 1600-1669.
Collignon, François, 1609?-1657.
Friends of Music at Yale University Gift, 1953.
Library Associates--Gift, 1953.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669.
Waza, Aleksander Karol,--1614-1634.
Subject (Topic)
Operas--Scores.
Royal visitors--Italy--Rome--Early works to 1800.

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
662138
Object ID (OID)
2033982

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