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1 online resource (1 score (xvii, 126 pages, 5 pages of plates)) : facsimiles. |
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notated music ntm rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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score rdafnm |
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soprano voice 2 soprano voice 1 mezzo-soprano voice 1 tenor voice 1 tenor voice 1 countertenor voice 1 mixed chorus 1 SATB orchestra 1 5 2 lcmpt |
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Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 203 |
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Recent researches in music online, 2577-4573 |
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Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; v. 203.
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Recent researches in music online. 2577-4573
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Masque; for solo voices (3 sopranos or 2 sopranos and mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors or tenor and countertenor), chorus (SATB), and orchestra. |
| Language |
Staff notation. |
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Edited principally from the first edition (London : J. Walsh and J. Hare, n.d. [1702]). |
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Libretto, by William Congreve, is printed as text on pages xv-xvii. |
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Includes introduction and critical report. |
| Summary |
"John Eccles's opera The Judgment of Paris was one of at least four operas on the same libretto (written by William Congreve) composed for the 1701 Prize Musick competition sponsored by the London's Kit-Cat Club with the aim of promoting native English, all-sung opera; it won second place in the competition, after John Weldon's setting (Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, vol. 94, ed. David W. Music), though it later became the most popular of the settings composed for the competition. Scored for soloists, chorus, strings and continuo, with individual movements featuring transverse flute, recorders, and trumpets and timpani, the opera unfolds within a single act and depicts the mythological story of Paris and the three goddesses. This is the first publication of the opera in a critical edition." -- Provided by publisher. |
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Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed November 16, 2018). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Text -- Plates -- The Judgment of Paris. Cast, instruments, and dedication ; Symphony for Mercury ; From high Olympus -- Oh Hermes -- This radiant fruit behold (Mercury, Paris) ; Oh ravishing delight! (Paris) ; Fear not mortal -- Happy thou of human race (Mercury, Paris) ; Saturnia, wife of thund'ring Jove, am I (Juno) ; Distracted I turn (Paris) ; Let ambition fire thy mind (Juno, chorus) ; Awake, awake, thy spirits raise (Pallas) ; Oh what joys -- Oh how glorious (Pallas, chorus) ; Stay lovely youth -- One only joy (Venus, chorus) ; Nature framed thee sure for loving (Venus) ; I yield, I yield (Paris) ; Hither all ye Graces (chorus) -- Critical report. |
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Paris (Mythological character)
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Masques with music -- Scores.
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Paris (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Masques avec musique -- Partitions.
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Drama
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Masques (Music)
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Scores
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Masques (Music)
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Scores.
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Masques (Musique)
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Partitions (Musique)
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| Added Author |
Congreve, William, 1670-1729, librettist.
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Harbeson, Eric J., editor.
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| Note |
Title on page 1: Judgment of Paris, or, The prize music |
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Prize music |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Eccles, John, -1735. Judgment of Paris. Judgment of Paris. Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., [2018]. (OCoLC)1055683140 9781987200164 |
| ISBN |
9781987200171 (online) |
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1987200179 (online) |
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9781987200164 (print) |
| Standard No. |
10.31022/B203 doi |
| Music No. |
B203 A-R Editions, Inc. |
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