Sosarme
Description:
This item is a copy from [ca. 1790] of the score of Handel's opera Sosarme to a libretto by Matteo Noris.
The performance forces include: oboe, horns, strings (violin, viola, bass), continuo, and soloist singers.
A list of important musical numbers, solo arias and duets of each act appears on p.116.
The names of the subscribers appear on pp.[119-120].
The title page contains an engraving showing two mythological figures [possibly, the god Apollo and the Muse Erato] and musical instrument…
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Date:
1788
Creator:
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759