Benserade, Isaac de, 1613-1691 Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 Moliere, 1622-1673
Published / Created:
[16--]
Call Number:
GEN MSS MUSIC MISC VOLUME 18
Collection Title:
General Collection manuscript music miscellany
Container / Volume:
Volume 18
Image Count:
312
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript by a contemporary copyist, consisting of music for a treble instrument, possibly a dessus part, from music composed by Lully for various ballets, including ballets and comédies-ballets composed in collaboration with Isaac de Benserade and Molière. A table of contents written by a former owner is laid in.
Alternative Title:
[Ballets. Selections], Alcidiane., Amour malade., Amour médécin., Amours déguisés., Arts., Ballet de Créquy., Bourgeois gentilhomme., Carnaval., Feste de Versailles., Flore., Gardes., George Dadin., Hercule amoureux., Impatience., Jeux pythiens., Mariage forcé., Mascarade de Versailles., Monsieur de Pourceaugnac., Muses., Naissance de Vénus., Noces de village., Princesse d'Elide., Raillerie., Saisons., and Xerxes.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Binder's title: Anciens ballets dessus., Blanks not digitized., Bound in calf with gilt spine, French ca. 1700; unidentified arms on front and back covers., and Spine title: Anciens ballets dessus.
Subject (Name):
Pforzheimer, Walter L., (Walter Lionel), 1914-2003 --Bookplate
Opera, with libretto by Philippe Quinault, after Tasso. First performed and published in 1686. and Score, copyist's manuscript with revisions, dated 1702 May 10 at end. Annotated with the inital "L," possibly by Lully, on endpaper.
Description:
Also listed in finding aid for General Collection Manuscript Music Miscellany., Binding: contemporary marbled calf., Blanks not digitized., Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer., Pages 139-147 excised., Pages numbered 1-138, 147-366., and Title from caption.
Subject (Name):
Lully, Jean Baptiste,--1632-1687, Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688, and Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595 --Musical settings