Achille et Polixene, tragédie dont le prologue & les quatre derniers actes

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Achille et Polixene, Jean-Baptiste Lully's last opera, premiered on 7 November 1687, eight months after Lully's death on March 22 of that year. Since the composer had only finished the overture and first act, the score was completed by Pascal Colasse, Lully's secretary and student, to a text by Jean Galbert de Campistron based on events in Virgil's Aeneid.
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Creation Date: 1687  
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UNT Music Library
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Jean-Baptiste Lully Collection
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Creator (Composer):
Collasse, Pascal, 1649-1709
Achille et Polixene, tragédie dont le prologue & les quatre derniers actes
Creator (Composer):
Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687
Creator (Librettist):
Campistron, Jean Galbert de, 1656-1723
Publisher Info:
Publisher Name: Christophe Ballard
Place of Publication: Paris
Date(s):
  • Digitized: 1687
  • Creation: 1687
  • Digitized: 1687
Description:

Achille et Polixene, Jean-Baptiste Lully's last opera, premiered on 7 November 1687, eight months after Lully's death on March 22 of that year. Since the composer had only finished the overture and first act, the score was completed by Pascal Colasse, Lully's secretary and student, to a text by Jean Galbert de Campistron based on events in Virgil's Aeneid.
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score (2 p.L., xxxviii, 316 p. 20cm.)
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Uniform Title: Achille et Polyxène
Added Title: Aeneid
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UNT Music Library
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Collection:
Jean-Baptiste Lully Collection
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Virtual Music Rare Book Room
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Resource Type: Musical Score/Notation
Format: Image
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Access: Public