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Prima la musica e poi le parole

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This is a copy of Giovanni Battista Casti's libretto for the comic opera "Prima la musica e poi le parole". On the back of the t.p. appears a list of characters and names Antonio Salieri as the composer of the music. The one-act opera was commissioned by Emperor Joseph II. Members of the Burgtheater's Italian troupe premiered it at the Schönbrunn Palace on February 7, 1786. The library's copy is bound with the libretto of Zaccaria Valaresso's "Rutzvanscad, il giovine."

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64 p. ; 17 cm.

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Casti, Giovanni Battista, 1724-1803. 1786.

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  • Salieri, Antonio, 1750-1825 On the back of the title page: "La musica è del Signor Antonio Salieri, Maestro di Cappella all' attual servizio di S. Maestà Imperiale."

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    Place of Publication: Vienna, Austria

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This is a copy of Giovanni Battista Casti's libretto for the comic opera "Prima la musica e poi le parole". On the back of the t.p. appears a list of characters and names Antonio Salieri as the composer of the music.

The one-act opera was commissioned by Emperor Joseph II. Members of the Burgtheater's Italian troupe premiered it at the Schönbrunn Palace on February 7, 1786.

The library's copy is bound with the libretto of Zaccaria Valaresso's "Rutzvanscad, il giovine."

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64 p. ; 17 cm.

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Full title as it appears in the t.p.: "Prima la musica e poi le parole, divertimento teatrale da reppresentarsi nell' imperial villa Dischoenbrun nel carnovale del 1786."

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Casti, Giovanni Battista, 1724-1803. Prima la musica e poi le parole, text, 1786; Vienna, Austria. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc25963/: accessed January 22, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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