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1 online resource (1 score (xxi, 45 pages, 3 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 rda |
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alto voice 1 continuo 1 lcmpt |
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Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 192 |
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Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573 |
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Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 192.
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Recent researches in music online. 2577-4573
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| Note |
Solo cantata for alto voice with continuo. |
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Figured bass unrealized; figures added by the editor. |
| Language |
Italian words; words also printed separately as text, with English translation by Alessandra Aquilanti (pages xv-xxi). |
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Staff notation. |
| Note |
Text by Abate Antonio Schinella Conti. |
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Edited primarily from manuscript score I-Nc, Ms. Cantate 187, Conservatorio di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Biblioteca, Naples. |
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Includes introduction and critical report. |
| Summary |
"Benedetto Marcello's Cassandra was composed in 1727 to a poem by Antonio Conti written at Marcello's request. Cassandra is a large-scale dramatic cantata for solo alto voice with unfigured basso continuo for the harpsichord. The cantata was not published in Marcello's lifetime and describes the events of the last years of Trojan War, as told by the prophetess Cassandra. Unique in its formal design, the cantata blends arioso sections with recitatives and arias. The expressive vocal line conveys grief, rage, terror, and happiness, and demands vocal agility and technical command from the singer. Cassandra was among the most popular of Marcello's cantatas during the eighteenth century and continued to be performed regularly up to forty years after it was composed." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed November 2, 2018). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Text and translation -- Plates -- Cassandra -- Critical report. |
| Subject |
Cassandra (Legendary character) -- Songs and music.
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Cassandra (Legendary character)
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Solo cantatas, Secular (Low voice) -- Scores.
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Cantates pour soliste profanes (Voix grave) -- Partitions.
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Solo cantatas, Secular (Low voice) -- Scores
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Cantatas
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Scores
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Songs and music
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Cantatas.
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Scores.
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Cantates.
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Partitions (Musique)
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| Added Author |
Conti, Antonio, 1677-1749, librettist.
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Berger, Talya, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marcello, Benedetto, 1686-1739. Cassandra. Cassandra. Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., [2016]. (OCoLC)952789897 9780895798381 |
| ISBN |
9781987200447 (online) |
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1987200446 |
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9780895798381 (print) |
| Standard No. |
10.31022/B192 doi |
| Music No. |
B192 A-R Editions, Inc. |
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