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Italian Opera Librettos 1640-1770 II : [Gli amori d'Apollo e de Dafne; Andromaca; Andromaca; L'Argia]

Brown, Howard Mayer (Introduction by); Fiovanni Francesco Busenello; Pier Francesco Cavalli; Apostolo Zeno; Francesco Feo

New York: Garland Publishing, 1978.

Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #9291
ISBN: 0824026519

Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Standalone volume II ONLY, containing 4 operas. Facsimiles of 4 17th and 18th century opera librettos. Italian texts. Selected and arranged by Howard Mayer Brown"--Series t.p. Includes librettos for the third work's first performance, 1655, and revival, 1669. Contents: Gli amori d'Apollo e de Dafne / librettist, Giovanni Francesco Busenello ; composer, Francesco Cavalli; Andromaca / librettist, Apostolo Zeno ; composer, Francesco Feo; Andromaca / librettist, Antonio Salvi ; composer, Leonardo Leo; L'Argia / librettist, Giovanni Filippo Apolloni ; composer, Antonio Cesti. ; Italian Opera 1640-1770; Ex-Library; Vol. 52.

Price: $99.95