Description: Vers du Ballet Royal dansé par Leurs Maiestez entre les Actes de la grande Tragedie de l'Hercule Amoureux. Avec la Traduction du Prologue, & des Argumens de chaque Acte. [LWV 17]. [Libretto] Author: [LULLY, Jean-Baptiste 1632-1687], Isaac de Benserade 1613-1691 Title: Vers du Ballet Royal dansé par Leurs Maiestez entre les Actes de la grande Tragedie de l'Hercule Amoureux. Avec la Traduction du Prologue, & des Argumens de chaque Acte. [LWV 17]. [Libretto] Publication: Paris: Robert Ballard, seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique. ... Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté, 1662 Description: Small quarto. Quarter red morocco with red and black marbled boards, title and decorative tooling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), pp. 3-7 (prologue), 51[!52] pp. With fine decorative woodcut headpiece, decorative initials, and woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout. With named cast lists.Manuscript annotation (or ownership signature) to head of title significantly trimmed by binder. Binding very slightly worn. Occasional small stains, not affecting text. First Edition. Malkin 91. Schmidt: Livrets for Lully's Ballets IIa, ?first state. Magriel p. 139. Silin p. 296. Not in Derra de Moroda.L'Hercule Amoreux, a ballet with music by Lully, was first performed in Paris at the Tuileries on 7 February 1662, marking the occasion of the marriage of Louis XIV to Maria Theresa of Spain."This opera-ballet ... was doubtless the most brilliant of all the festivities organized in honor of the king's marriage. The performance, before an immense crowd which filled the new theatre to capacity, lasted for six hours ... But the magnificence of the new theatre, the extraordinary boldness of the machines and decorations, the numerous and sudden changes of scenes, and the sumptuousness of the costumes kept the audience in a constant state of excitement. They paid very little attention to the opera itself, but the ballet entries, particularly the one in which the king and queen danced together, surrounded by the most illustrious representatives of the nobility, threw them into ecstasy. ... The complete spectacle is a very happy fusion of two genres producing what we may call a 'court-opera-ballet' in which the subjects of the ballet entries are closely related to the subject of the opera. The work is the result of the collaboration of at least six people: Camille Lillius wrote the Prologue, Buti wrote the libretto, Cavalli composed the music of the opera, Benserade devised the ballet entries and wrote the Vers, Lully composed the music of the ballet entries, and Gaspare Vigarani invented the machines." Silin: Benserade and his Ballets de Cour, p. 301.Ercole amante ("Hercules in Love"), an opera in a prologue and five acts by Cavalli to a libretto by Francesco Buti after Ovid’s Metamorphoses, was commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin to mark the occasion of the wedding of Louis XIV to Maria Theresa of Spain. Cavalli (1602-1676) "was the most performed, and perhaps the most representative, composer of opera in the quarter-century after Monteverdi and was a leading figure, as both composer and performer, in Venetian musical life." Thomas Walker in Grove Music OnlineWith text by French poet, librettist, and playwright Isaac de Benserade (1613-1691). "[Benserade's] art of telling the truth about society people with elegance and dexterity was not only appreciated by the salons and developed in all the current poetic genres – epigrams, madrigals, rondeaux, enigmas, portraits and epitaphs – but was peculiarly suited to the court ballet. Benserade's popularity coincided with Louis XIV's career as a dancer of some talent, and between 1651 and 1669, when the king retired from the stage, Benserade wrote verses for 23 royal ballets." Margaret M. McGowan in Grove Music Online"During this period [the early 1660s] Lully's instrumental music also evolved at a remarkable rate. He devised concerts for his ballets, varying the instrumental timbres to suit what was being described in the librettos. After a ritournelle pour le concert du Printemps in the Ballet des saisons, he introduced a concert de trompettes into his entrées for Cavalli's Ercole amante, as well as two concerts de guitares, in which he himself was one of the performers." Jérôme de La Gorce in Grove Music Online. Seller ID: 39694 Subject: Books, New Arrivals J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians The firm of J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians, established in 1977 by John and Jude Lubrano, has come to be recognized as one of the leading international antiquarian dealers in the specialties of Music and Dance. Items handled by the company include autograph musical manuscripts and letters of composers; rare printed music; and rare books, prints, drawings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to music and dance dating from the 15th through the 21st centuries. The firm has issued over 90 catalogues and numerous lists over its 45 years in business. Terms All domestic orders ship within two business days by USPS Priority Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available; please contact us for rates. We would be happy to combine shipping costs on orders of multiple items. All items are guaranteed to be authentic. 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Author: LULLY, Jean-Baptiste 1632-1687], Isaac de Benserade 1613-1691
Publisher: Robert Ballard, seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique. ... Avec
Year Printed: 1662
Language: French