Paride. Libretto. German & Italian

di Gio: Andrea Bontempi Perugino = Parius : ein Gedicht zur Musica / von Johann Andrea Bontempo von Perugià. (statement of responsibility)

Five acts; pages unnumbered throughout; libretto in Italian and German on facing pages; added title page in Italian; composer-librettist's dedication; foreword; "Argomento"/"Inhalt"; translator's note (in German); corrigenda (in Italian); prose monologues addressed to the "Hochansehnliche [etc.] Richter" by Nimrod, Sol, Mercurius, Mars, Diana, Jupiter, Penthesilea, Agamemnon, and Priamus.

Balli: Ballo di dei, e dee, Ballo di pastori, Abbatimento di trojani e greci, Ballo di prencipi, e principesse.

Includes Cartel des Feuerwerkes / von Eröbrung des goldnen Flieses / durch den Jason.

Includes description of accompanying "Ballet des Parnasses" following prose monologues.

Cartel zum Ballet des Parnasses; dedication, presented by Fama; scenario, in verse, and including information on characters, performers, and instrumental accompaniment; 1. Entree, DER FAMA. Getanzt durch die Durchlauchtigste Printzessin von Sachsen, etc. -- 2. Entree, DREYER SCHÄFFER. Getanzt durch drey Tantzmeister -- 3. Entree, CUPIDO. [no name given] -- 4. Entree, DER GRATIEN. Die Durchlauchtigste Printzessin von Sachsen, &c., zwey Tantz-Meister -- 5. Entee, DAFNE UND APOLLO. [no names given] -- 6. Entree, DER SATYREN. Vier Tantzmeister -- 7. Entree: Grand-Ballet des Apollo samt den 9. Musen. getanzt durch die Durchlauchtigste Churfürstin, Chur-Printzen, und Printzessen von Sachsen, etc. nebenst acht Damen.

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01/01/1662

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