Il S. Alessio : dramma musicale : dall'eminentissimo, et reverendissimo signore card. Barberino, fatto rappresentare al serenissimo prencipe Alessandro Carlo di Polonia - Yale University Library

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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
Alternative Title: S. Alessio
Creator: Landi, Stefano, 1586 or 1587-1639
Contributor: Barberini, Francesco, 1597-1679.
Clement IX, Pope, 1600-1669.
Collignon, François, 1609?-1657.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669.
Published / Created: MDCXXXIV [1634]
Publication Place: In Roma and Italy Rome
Publisher: Appresso Paolo Masotti
Description: BEIN Italian Festivals +49: 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.
Opera performed at thePalazzo della Cancelleria during the Carnival in Rome, 1634, honoring the visit of Prince Alexander Charles of Poland.
Music by Stefano Landi, libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi. Cf. Grove music online.
T.p. with engraved coat of arms of Cardinal Barberino.
Engraved plates representing opera decors; each signed "J.B. [i.e. J.L. Bernini]; J. Collignon, sculp."
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.
Cf. RISM L534.
Extent: 1 score (182 p., 8 [i.e. 16] leaves of plates) : 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
Collection Title: Multi-title collection including Argomento del S. Alessio : dramma musicale and 2 other(s).

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Scores
Early works to 1800
Festival books
Operas
Material: ill. ;
Subject (Geographic): Italy
Rome
Subject (Name): Alexius, Saint.
Waza, Aleksander Karol, 1614-1634.
Subject (Topic): Operas
Royal visitors
Subjects: Friends of Music at Yale University > Gift, 1953
Library Associates > Gift, 1953
Operas > Scores
Alexius, Saint
Waza, Aleksander Karol, 1614-1634
Royal visitors > Italy > Rome > Early works to 1800

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Catalog Record: 996621383408651
Object ID (OID): 2033982

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