Ercole in Tebe : festa teatrale rappresentata in Firenze per le reali nozze de' serenissimi sposi Cosimo Terzo, principe di Toscana, e Margherita Luisa, principessa d'Orleans.

Main entry:

Moniglia, Giovanni Andrea, 1624-1700.

Title & Author:

Ercole in Tebe : festa teatrale rappresentata in Firenze per le reali nozze de' serenissimi sposi Cosimo Terzo, principe di Toscana, e Margherita Luisa, principessa d'Orleans.

Publication:

In Fiorenza : Nella nuoua Stamperia all'Insegna della Stella, 1661.

Description:

[8], 152 [i.e. 156] pages, [13] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm (4°.)

Notes:
Apparently first edition, first issue.
Includes a libretto by G. Moniglia and description of the "festa teatrale" by Alessandro Segni; without the music. Plates etched by Valerio Spada.
The performance took place at the Teatro dell'Accademia degli Immobili on July 12, 1661. Ferdinando Tacca designed the scenography and Jacopo Melani composed the music.
Signatures: *⁴ A-S⁴ T⁶.
Numbers 5-8 repeated in pagination.
PML copy: cancelled t.p.
NNPM
Comprises Giovanni Andrea Moniglia's libretto and Alessandro Segni's description of the performance. The music was by Jacopo Melani, and Lionardo Martellini was in charge of the stage and its machinery (see p. 150).
Blumenthal, A. Medici, 93 and p. 194-195
Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung, 4124
Sartori, C. Libretti italiani, 9054
Sonneck, O.G.T. Librettos, p. 446-447

Subject:

Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723.
Margherita Luisa, Princess of Orleans, consort of Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1647-1721.
Melani, Jacopo, 1623-1676.
Tacca, Ferdinando, 1619-1686.
Teatro dell'Accademia degli Immobili.
Festivals Italy Florence.
Weddings Italy Florence.
Ballet.
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery Italy Florence.
Noces Italie Florence.
ballets (performance events)
ballets (dance compositions)
ballet (discipline)
Festivals
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery
Weddings
Italy Florence

Form/genre:

Festival books.
Libretti.
Wedding books.

Added entries:

Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Segni, Alessandro.
Spada, Valerio, 1613-1688.
Stamperia all'Insegna dell Stella, printer.
Italy Florence.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 30214
Call No.: DG738.27.M66 (W11913)
Status: Available

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