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Xerxes : an opera : as it is perform'd at the King's theatre in the Hay-Market / compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Record ID
113607
Creator
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Object title

Xerxes : an opera : as it is perform'd at the King's theatre in the Hay-Market / compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Uniform title
Serse
Published
London : Printed for & sold by I. Walsh, musick printer and instrument maker to his Majesty, at the Harp & Hoboy in Catherine Street in the Strand, [1738]
Provenance
From the library of John Lucius Dampier.
Notes
Opera in 3 acts; unrealized figured bass for keyboard instrument.
"A table of songs ... ": p. [3].
Advertisement on p. [5]: "Musick compos'd by Mr. Handel. Printed and sold by John Walsh in Catherine Street: Alexander's feast . . . All the operas transpos'd for the comon flute in three volumes, and a great variety of new concertos . . . and vocal musick, compos'd by the most eminent authors in Europe."
Libretto by an unknown author, after libretti by N. Minato and S. Stampiglia.
Singers named in caption titles of the individual arias: Sigr. Caffarelli (also called Caffariello), Sigra. Francessina [i.e., E. Duparc], Sigra. Chimenti, Sigra. Merighi, Sigr. Montagnanna (also called Montagnana),Sigr. Lottoni (also called Lottini), and Sigra. Luchesina.
Engraved.
First ed.
Associated names
Minato, Niccolò.
Stampiglia, Silvio, 1664-1725.
Dampier, John Lucius, former owner.