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Title

Achilles : heroische Oper in zwei Aufzügen / in Musik gesezt von Ferdinand Paer ; Klavierauszug von C.F.G. Schwencke.

Author

Paër, Ferdinando, 1771-1839

Publication

Hamburg : Bey Johann August Böhme, [1801?]

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Additional Authors

• Paër, Ferdinando, 1771-1839.
• Schwencke, C. F. G. (Christian Friedrich Gottlieb), 1767-1822
• De Gamerra, Giovanni, 1743-1803
• Homer.
• Wolf, L. (Ludwig), 1776-1832

Description

1 vocal score (225 pages) : frontispiece; 25 x 33 cm

Uniform Title

Achille. Vocal score. Italian

Alternative Title

Achille.

Subject

• Operas > Vocal scores with piano

Note

• The libretto is by Giovanni de Gamerra after Homer (information from Oxford [Grove] Music Online).
• First performed June 6, 1801 at the Kärntnerorthater in Vienna (information from Oxford [Grove] Music Online).
• Publication date surmised based on premiere performance.
• Fronistpiece shows Achilles seated, playing a lyre to serenade Briseide; at bottom right of engraved frontispiece: deli et sculpt: par L. Wölf.

Language (note)

• Italian and German words.

Call Number

Mus. Res. *MS (Paer. Achille)

OCLC

21830610

Author

Paër, Ferdinando, 1771-1839, composer.

Title

Achilles : heroische Oper in zwei Aufzügen / in Musik gesezt von Ferdinand Paer ; Klavierauszug von C.F.G. Schwencke.

Publisher

Hamburg : Bey Johann August Böhme, [1801?]

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Italian and German words.

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Added Author

Container of (work): Paër, Ferdinando, 1771-1839. Achille. Vocal score. German.

Schwencke, C. F. G. (Christian Friedrich Gottlieb), 1767-1822, arranger of music.

De Gamerra, Giovanni, 1743-1803, librettist.

Based on (work): Homer. Iliad.

Wolf, L. (Ludwig), 1776-1832, illustrator.

Research Call Number

Mus. Res. *MS (Paer. Achille)