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Creso: MU.MS.127

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Creso
Il Creso / Musica Del Sig:re Niccolò€ Jommelli.

Maker(s)

Composer: Jommelli, Nicolò€,
Librettist.: Pizzi, Gioacchino,

Categories

Description

Opera in 3 Acts.
Characters: Creso (T), Euriso (S), Catrina (S), Ciro (S), Ariene (S), Sibari (S),.
Libretto by Gioacchino Pizzi.
First performed in the Teatro Argentina, Rome, 5th February 1757.
Paper: 10 staves (145x195mm), watermarks:(most common) "M" below fleur de lis in circle; (less common) "V" below bunch of grapes; countermark: bow?
Former classmark: 32.E.7-9.
Each act individually bound. Originally in block-printed paper (perserved in place). Rebound in quarter morocco, marbled paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery, DC 6766, July 1984.

Notes

History note: Ownership inscription: 'Emma Jane Greenland'.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. scoree (3 volumes (102, 92, 60 leaves) ; 17 x 24 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1836) by Hooker, Emma Jane

Dating

Production date: AD 1760 : [Rome],[approximately 1760]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.127
Primary reference Number: 278927
ALMA control 001: 99567593803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Thursday 14 January 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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