Graun: Merope, GraunWV B:I:32, 1911
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Merope, GraunWV B:I:32
Manuscript copy US-Wc , M1500.G78 M3
Text author: [Ascertained]
Text author: [Ascertained]
Text author: [Ascertained]
Language of Text: Italian
Subject: Operas
Catalog of works: B:I:32
Original Title: [title page:] Merope. | Tragedia posta in Musica | da | Sig. Carlo Enrico Graun | Maestro di Capella di. S. M. | il Rè di Prussia
Material description:
  • Source type
    Source type: Manuscript copy
    Content type: Notated music
    Date
    1911 (1911)
    Material
    Format, extent: score: 288f.
    Copyist:
Incipits:
1.1.1; Sinfonia. Allegro; vl 1
1.2.1; Recitativo.; S; Eroce
(?)
Signor non lusingarti
1.3.1; Aria. Vivace; vl 1
1.3.2; S; Eroce
(?)
Col favor d'amica sorte
Scoring: S (6), T, Coro S (2), Coro T, Coro B, vl (2), vla, b, fl (2), ob (2), fag (2), cor (2)
Dramatic roles named, standardized: Egisto, Ericle, Ismenia, Merope, Narbace, Polifonte, Eroce
Notes: At tail of title page, pencil: "177489"
At tail of f.1v, stamped in ink: "276744"
f.288v: "Abgeschrieben in der / kgl. Bibliothek in Berlin. / Beendet am 11 August 1911 / Waldemar Kupfer"
Libretto by Frederich II, after Voltaire; translated by G. Tagliazucchi
Note on performance: Performance date: 27.03.1756 Berlin
Bibliographic reference: 23
Library (siglum) shelfmark: M1500.G78 M3
RISM ID no.: 107641
Last update: October 16, 2022