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The Operas
Alessandro Scarlatti
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Description for The Operas
Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 318 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
This widely praised publication of the work of a key figure in the history of opera provides the most reliable version of the score for each opera, appending a translation of the libretto. La Statira is the ninth opera available in the edition, which is under the general editorship of Donald Jay Grout.
La Statira was first performed in Rome in January 1690, to inaugurate the carnival season for that year. The opera, with libretto by Cardinal Ottoboni, recounts the story of Alexander the Great’s defeat of Darius, King of Persia, and his love for Statira, daughter of Darius. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Number of Pages
209
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674640351
SKU
V9780674640351
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About Alessandro Scarlatti
William C. Holmes is Professor of Music at the University of California, Irvine. Donald Jay Grout is Given Foundation Professor of Musicology, Emeritus, at Cornell University.
Reviews for The Operas
For the study of the history of music, the most important event of the 1970s has been the start of a critical edition of Alessandro Scarlatti’s operas, under the direction of Donald Jay Grout.
Charles Rosen
New York Review of Books
[The edition is] warmly to be welcomed. A major musicological event.
Early Music
The ... Read more
Charles Rosen
New York Review of Books
[The edition is] warmly to be welcomed. A major musicological event.
Early Music
The ... Read more