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Adonis
Title
Adonis / Johann Sigismund Kusser ; edited by Samantha Owens.
ISBN
9781987201697
9780895796509
Publication
Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2009
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 score (lx, 280 pages, 5 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
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Notes
Opera in 3 acts.
Libretto is based on Friedrich Christian Bressand's German translation of Flaminio Parisetti's libretto for Giuseppe Fedrizzi's Gl'inganni di Cupido.
Edited from copyists' manuscripts in the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart (Codices musices II 2⁰ 1 and 2).
Includes introduction and critical report.
German words, also printed as text with English translation on pages xxviii-lx.
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Summary
"Rediscovered in 2005, the manuscript performance materials for Adonis can be explicitly linked to a series of dramatic entertainments produced at the Württemberg court in Stuttgart between 1698-1702, under the musical direction of Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660-1727) ... The Adonis manuscripts are of tremendous importance for the study of historical performance practice, since as a full set of instrumental parts for early German-language opera they appear to be unique. Scored for a five-part oboe band, four-part string ensemble, and continuo, the individual parts--which are labelled with the original instrumentalists' names--feature frequent performance annotations (including many in Kusser's hand), making this edition of broad appeal to both scholars and performers alike." -- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Recent researches in music online. Legacy.
Other formats
Print version: Kusser, Johann Sigismund, 1660-1727. Adonis. Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2009.
Format
Music Scores / Online
Language
German
Added to Catalog
March 29, 2023
Series
Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 154
Recent researches in Music Online,
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Ouverture
Erste Handlung
Andere Handlung
Dritte Handlung.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Operas.
Scores.
Drama.
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