Parnasso in festa per gli sponsali di Teti e Peleo : serenata in tre parti : HWV 73 /
Handel, George Frideric,1685-1759,composer.
Container of (work):Rossi, Giacomo,active 1710-1731.Parnasso in festa.
Container of (work):Rossi, Giacomo,active 1710-1731.Parnasso in festa.Italian.
Container of (work):Rossi, Giacomo,active 1710-1731.Parnasso in festa.German.
Rossi, Giacomo,active 1710-1731,librettist.
WilliamIV,Prince of Orange,1711-1751,dedicatee.
Anne,Princess, consort of William IV, Prince of Orange,1709-1759,dedicatee.
Ramer-Wünsche, Teresa,editor.
A serenata in three acts with overture; for 2 soprano voices, 2 mezzo-soprano voices, 2 contralto voices, 1 bass voice with orchestra; also contains unrealized figured bass.
Includes facsimile of original libretto published at text in English wiyh Italian translation (London : T. Wood, M DCC XXXIV [1734]), on pages xlv-lv; also includes libretto print as text in German translation, on pages lvii-lxi.
Libretto probably by Giacomo Rossi; see page xxiv.
This work was composed in early 1734 for the wedding of Anne, Princess Royal and the Dutch Prince William IV of Orange. Ten movements are new, the remainder reworked from earlier pieces, many from Athalia, HWV 52.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-269).
Faksimiles -- Hauptteil, Erstaufführung 1734 = Main part, first performance 1734 -- Anhang I. Frühfassungen zweier Musiksätze von 1734 = Appendix I. Early versions of two movements from 1734 -- Anhang II. Neue und geänderte Sätze für die Fassung 1737 = Appendix II. New and altered movements for the 1737 version -- Anhang III. Geänderte Sätze für die Fassung 1740 = Appendix III. Altered movements for the 1740 version.
Thetis (Mythological character)
Thetis (Mythological character)
Peleus (Mythological character)
Peleus (Mythological character)
Thetis (Mythological character)
Peleus (Mythological character)
Cantatas, Secular
Serenatas
Cantatas, Secular