Ercole in Tebe (Melani, Jacopo)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	prologue, 5 acts
Composition Year	1661
Genre Categories	Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language

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Prolog, Acts I, II
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Acts III, IV, V
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Copyist	André Danican Philidor l'ainé (d. 1730)
Publisher. Info.	Versailles, 1699.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Extract from fonds Philidor - Composed for Côme III de Médicis & Marguerite Louise d'Orléans wedding- very bad quality scan on top of all pages. --- So is this a publication or isn't it?
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Overture to Prolog
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Misc. Notes	Scored for Strings, however cornetti and trombone may also be indicated (no labels in parts).
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Misc. Notes	Transposed to B flat from original key of D major and a few shifts in oboe and english horn for playability.
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Work Title	Ercole in Tebe, Festa teatrale
Alternative. Title
Composer	Melani, Jacopo
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJM 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	prologue, 5 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1661
First Performance.	1661-06-25 in Florence, Teatro della Pergola (possibly on July 8.)
First Publication.	1699?
Librettist	Giovanni Andrea Moniglia (1624-1700)
Language	Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Baroque
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Rôles Berecinta (Ut 1), Giove (Fa 4), Nettuno (Fa 4), Plutone (Fa 4), la Gloria (Ut 1), la Virtù (Ut 1), Lico (Fa 4), Aristeo (Ut 4), Ilo (Ut 1), Iole (Ut 1), Megara (Ut 1), Ercole (Ut 4), Alceste (Ut 4), Sifone (Ut 4), Arsace (Ut 4), Giunone (Ut 1), Mercurio (Ut 3), Zefiro (Ut 1), Ebe (Ut 1), Iride (Ut 1 ), Caronte (Fa 4), Iolao (Ut 2), Aletto (Ut 4), Proserpina (Ut 1), Venere (Ut 1), Radamanto (Ut 4), Minos (Ut 4), Teseo (Ut 3), Clitarco (Ut 3) Mixed Chorus Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4 ; Ut 1, Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4 ; Sol 2, Ut 1, Ut 3, Ut 4, Fa 4. Orchestra Sol 1 (2), Ut 2 ou Ut 3, Fa 4 ; Sol 1, Ut 1, Ut 2, Fa 4. Mentions d'instrumentation sous la musique : violini, cornetti, trombone. Incompletes choirs: only continuo marked, the three others lines blank.

Festa téatrale: Theatrical celebration (staged, unlike some serenatas of the time.)