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Alcides : an English opera

Title
Alcides : an English opera / composed by G.F. Handel.
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Publication
[London] : [Samuel Arnold], [approximately 1790]

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Notated musicSupervised use JOG 21-299Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Additional Authors
  • Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784
  • Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802
  • Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771
  • Euripides
Description
1 score (80 pages, [1] leaf of plates); 34 cm
Uniform Title
Alceste
Alternative Title
Alceste
Subject
  • Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae > Songs and music
  • Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae
  • Incidental music > Scores
Genre/Form
  • Incidental music.
  • Scores.
  • Songs and music.
Note
  • Incidental music for the play by Tobias Smollett, with additional words attributed to Thomas Morell, based on the work by Euripides (information from Grove/Oxford Music Online).
With (note)
  • Bound with: The choice of Hercules / G.F. Handel.
Indexed In (note)
  • RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales)
Call Number
JOG 21-299
LCCN
95750173
OCLC
32488628
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.
Title
Alcides : an English opera / composed by G.F. Handel.
Publisher
[London] : [Samuel Arnold], [approximately 1790]
Edition
In score.
Type of Content
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
With:
Bound with: The choice of Hercules / G.F. Handel.
Indexed In:
RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales), A/I, H 1535
RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales), 990025777
Language
Staff notation.
Local Note
NYPL copy lacking the frontispiece.
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Added Author
Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784, librettist.
Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802, publisher.
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771, librettist.
Based on (work): Euripides. Alcestis.
Publisher No.
84-85 Samuel Arnold
Research Call Number
JOG 21-299
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