La contesa dell' aria e dell' acqua : festa à cavallo rappresentata nell'augustissime noz

Description

Bound with c. 2 of: Arie per il balletto à cavallo / composte dall Giouanne Enrico Schmelzer (Vienna : Matteo Cosmerovio, 1667) Binding: paper (painted red on one side) Sbarra's text includes excerpts from his libretto. The spectacle that he describes included allegorical pageantry, a horse ballet, and fireworks, and was performed on 24 and 31 Jan. 1667 in the Inner Burghof, Vienna. It was planned and directed by A. Carducci, with C. Pasetti as designer. The engraved or etched plates (3 on double sheets) are by Jan van Ossenbeeck, Franciscus van der Steen, or Gerard Bouttats after Nicolas de Hoy. The vocal music (now lost) was by A. Bertali, the instrumental music by J.H. Schmelzer. See Watanabe-O'Kelly Issued also in German under title: Sieg-Streit dess Lufft und Wassers Signatures: a² A-I² Watanabe-O'Kelly, H. Triumphal shews p., leaves of plates (9 folded) : 30 cm. (fol.)

Author

Sbarra, Francesco, active 17th century

Date

1667

Publisher

In Vienna d' Austria : Appresso Matteo Cosmerovio, stampatore della corte

Language

ita

Copyright

Public domain in the US

Subjects

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