[Arianna e Teseo] : [arias and duets] / [Nicola Antonio Porpora] Arianne e Teseo
Composer: Porpora, Nicola
1 ms. score (132 leaves, bound) ; 22 x 30 cm
Language: Italian
30 numbered arias from Arianne e Teseo, first performed in the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in the Autumn of 1727.
Editorial title.
In two hands: nos. 1, 13-15, 17, 19-20, 22, 27 are in hand 1, nos. 2-12, 16, 18, 21, "Numi del ciel", 23, "Sinfonia", 24-26, 28-30 are in hand 2.
"S. Gio. Gris[osto]mo. P[ri]ma" is found at the head of nos. 18, 21, 29 and 30 (all hand 2)
All the arias in hand 1 are headed "Aria" and ascribed "Del Sigr. Nicola Porpora" ; only a few of the arias in hand 2 are ascribed.
Before no. 24 there is a "Sinfonia" and recitative (not in the index).
Copyist manscript in ink.
Former classmark: 23.F.3.
With original index on front flyleaf. Numbered 1-30. The last three are bracketted together as "aditione". Before no. 23 an accompanied recitative titled "Minotauro" ("Laberinto" in the score) is inserted.
Original white vellum: edges of pages dyed green.
History note: Ownership inscription and date: "R. Fitzwilliam 1771". Bookplate: 'Fitzwilliam'.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Production date: circa AD 1730 : [Italy], [ca. 1730]
Accession number: MU.MS.26
Primary reference Number: 307097
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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