Pietro Francesco Cavalli: L'Égisto, opera in a prologue and 3 acts
L'Égisto, opera by Pietro Francesco Cavalli composed 1642/1643. Libretto by Giovanni Faustini.
Transcribed in 1908 from a manuscript in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (Mus. Hs. 16452 Mus Leopoldina) by Egon Wellesz (Prologue and Act 1) and Paul A. Pisk (Acts 2 and 3). Full score, in pencil and ink, 180 pages (wanting pp. 19-30). Pp. 1-18 include a partial keyboard realisation of the continuo by Wellesz.
Dates
- Creation: 1908
Extent
180 pages
Language of Materials
- Italian
- German
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Mus. c. 587].
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. c. 587
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15940
Abstract
'L'Égisto', opera by Pier Francesco Cavalli, transcribed by Egon Wellesz and Paul Pisk in 1908.
Biographical / Historical
Pietro Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) was a composer. See Grove Music Online for further details.
Custodial History
Given by Egon Wellesz to the Faculty of Music Library, 1961.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.
Dimensions
Oblong folio (265 × 345 mm)
- Title
- 'Egisto' by Pietro Francesco Cavalli
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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