Ercole in Tebe (Melani, Jacopo)

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Publisher. Info. Versailles: André Danican Philidor, 1699.
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Misc. Notes Extract from fonds Philidor - Composed for Côme III de Médicis & Marguerite Louise d'Orléans wedding- very bad quality scan on top of all pages. --- So is this a publication or isn't it?
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Misc. Notes Scored for Strings, however cornetti and trombone may also be indicated (no labels in parts).
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Misc. Notes Transposed to B flat from original key of D major and a few shifts in oboe and english horn for playability.
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Work Title Ercole in Tebe, Festa teatrale
Alternative. Title
Composer Melani, Jacopo
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJM 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's prologue, 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1661
First Performance. 1661-06-25 in Florence, Teatro della Pergola (possibly on July 8.)
First Publication. 1699?
Librettist Giovanni Andrea Moniglia (1624-1700)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Rôles
Berecinta (Ut 1), Giove (Fa 4), Nettuno (Fa 4), Plutone (Fa 4), la Gloria (Ut 1), la Virtù (Ut 1),
Lico (Fa 4), Aristeo (Ut 4), Ilo (Ut 1), Iole (Ut 1), Megara (Ut 1), Ercole (Ut 4),
Alceste (Ut 4), Sifone (Ut 4), Arsace (Ut 4), Giunone (Ut 1), Mercurio (Ut 3), Zefiro (Ut 1),
Ebe (Ut 1), Iride (Ut 1 ), Caronte (Fa 4), Iolao (Ut 2), Aletto (Ut 4), Proserpina (Ut 1), Venere (Ut 1),
Radamanto (Ut 4), Minos (Ut 4), Teseo (Ut 3), Clitarco (Ut 3)

Mixed Chorus

Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4 ; Ut 1, Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4 ; Sol 2, Ut 1, Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4.

Orchestra

Sol 1 (2), Ut 2 ou Ut 3, Fa 4 ; Sol 1, Ut 1, Ut 2, Fa 4.
Mentions d'instrumentation sous la musique : violini, cornetti, trombone.

Incompletes choirs: only continuo marked, the three others lines blank.

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Festa téatrale: Theatrical celebration (staged, unlike some serenatas of the time.)