Deidamia Deidamia : an opera / compos'd by Mr. Handel.
Composer:
Handel, George Frideric
Librettist:
Rolli, Paolo
Binder:
Cockerell Bindery
Overture, sinfonias, arias and duet, but without the recitatives.
Text by Paolo Antonio Rolli.
Passe-partout engraved t.p.; title within large cartouche, surmounted by an eagle and with three winged cupids at the bottom, with musical instruments.
Engraved music throughout.
"A Table of the Songs in the Opera call'd Deidamia" -- -- preliminary page [3], with publisher's advertisements below.
Singers named include Andreoni, Savage, Reinhold, Francesina, Monza, and Edwards.
Words in Italian.
Founder's bequest, 1816. Inscribed on title page: "R. Fitzwilliam, 1767".
Received stab stitched in paper covers. Bound in quarter Morocco leather Cockerell paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery in March, 1981.
Former shelf numbers: 31.F.18 & x.2.58(c).
1 score ([4], 89 pages) ; 35 cm (fol.)
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Production date: AD 1741 : London :Printed for & sold by Ino. Walsh at the Harp & Hoboy in Catherine Street in ye Strand,[1741]
Accession number: MU.385.C
Primary reference Number: 278748
ALMA control 001: 991006418527103606
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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