Performances
Sheet Music
Scores
Copyist
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Copyist of Vienna
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Publisher. Info.
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Manuscript, 1727.
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Copyright
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Misc. Notes
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Meiningen, Meininger Museen, Sammlung Musikgeschichte, Max-Reger-Archiv (D-MEIr), Ed 147o/c
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General Information
Work Title
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Abele
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Alternative. Title
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Abele. Oratorio cantato nell'augustissima cappella [...] di Carlo VI Imperador de' Romani sempre Augusto l'anno 1727.
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Composer
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Reutter, Georg
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGR 20
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 Parts
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1727
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First Performance.
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1727/03/13 in Vienna
- Premiere cast
- Gaetano Borghi (Dio)
Pietro Casati (Adamo) Marianna Lorenzani-Conti (Eva) Gaetano Orsini (Abele) Giovanni Vincenzi (Caino) Christoph Praun (Lucifero)
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Librettist
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Salio, Giuseppe
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Language
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Italian
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Classical
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Piece Style
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Baroque
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Instrumentation
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6 voices (SSAATB), mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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InstrDetail
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chalumeau, trombone, 2 bassoons, dulcimer (salterio), cello obbligato, strings, continuo
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Navigation etc.
Arias of Part I with solo instruments: "Oh non aveste, o madri" (chalumeau), "Io ti do, gran Dio" (alto trombone), "Caro fratel" (cello), "Se all'incauto passagger" (salterio). Arias of Part II: "Quanto più sei feroce" (two bassoons).