Accademia per Musica fatta nel Real Palazzo ... della Regina Christina per festeggiare l'assonzione al trono di Giacomo Secondo, re d'Inghilterra in occasione della solenne ambasciata mandata da Sua Maestà Britanica alla Santità di Nostro Signore Innocenzo XI. Versi.
1687
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Accademia per Musica fatta nel Real Palazzo ... della Regina Christina per festeggiare l'assonzione al trono di Giacomo Secondo, re d'Inghilterra in occasione della solenne ambasciata mandata da Sua Maestà Britanica alla Santità di Nostro Signore Innocenzo XI. Versi.
Created/published
Roma, 1687.
Description
16 pages ; 21 cm
Associated name
GUIDI, Carlo Alessandro, author.
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Place of creation/publication
Italy.
Item Details
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FAST ACC 271700 (quarto)
Folger-specific note
Purchase made possible by The Colt Acquisitions Fund. From dealer's description: "Bound in modern wrappers. A very good copy with light stains. Extremely rare: 3 copies in North America (Yale, Harvard, Newberry.) Very rare libretto for a cantata (now lost) by Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710), commissioned by Queen Christina of Sweden on the occasion of the accession to the throne of the English King James II (reg. 1685- 1688). The musical director of the performance was none other than Arcangelo Corelli, already one of the most famous musicians in Italy. The librettist was the gifted poet Alessandro Guidi, who, along with Pasquini, and Corelli, enjoyed the patronage of Queen Christina. The cantata was performed in February 1687 in Queen Christina's Palazzo Riario. Pasquini scored his music for five solo voices, 150 instrumentalists, and a 100-strong choir, all conducted by Arcangelo Corelli. The five soloists took on the allegorical personas of London, the Thames, Fame, a Ruling Genius, and a Rebellious Genius. The performance, celebrating James II's accession, was staged to welcome Roger Palmer, 1stEarl of Castlemaine as the new English ambassador, whom James II had sent to Rome to attend the coronation of Pope Innocent XII and, more importantly, to take steps toward reunifying the English Church with that of Rome. The reunification was not to be. James II was deposed during the Glorious Revolution. Ordered from Liber Antiquus D9315, 2019-06-12, email quote.
Folger accession
271700