An edition of Il Mondo festeggiante (1661)

Il Mondo festeggiante

balletto a cavallo, fatto nel teatro congiunto al palazzo del sereniss. gran dvca, per le reali nozze de' serenissimi principi Cosimo Terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Lvisa d'Orleans

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An edition of Il Mondo festeggiante (1661)

Il Mondo festeggiante

balletto a cavallo, fatto nel teatro congiunto al palazzo del sereniss. gran dvca, per le reali nozze de' serenissimi principi Cosimo Terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Lvisa d'Orleans

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Publish Date
Publisher
Nella Stamperia di S.A.S.
Language
Italian
Pages
66

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Subjects
Buildings, structures, Social life and customs, Stage-setting and scenery, Weddings, Early works to 1800, Horse processions, Theaters, Marriage, Festivals, Mondo festeggiante [1661] (Choreographic work), Horse ballet
People
Alessandro Visconti (fl. 1661), Domenico Anglesi, Cosimo III Grand-Duke of Tuscany (1642-1723), Margherita Luisa Princess of Orleans, consort of Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany (1647-1721), Alessandro Carducci, Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1686)
Places
Italy, Florence, Giardino di Boboli (Florence, Italy), Florence (Italy)

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Il Mondo festeggiante: balletto a cavallo, fatto nel teatro congiunto al palazzo del sereniss. gran dvca, per le reali nozze de' serenissimi principi Cosimo Terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Lvisa d'Orleans
1661, Nella Stamperia di S.A.S.
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Edition Notes

Last leaf blank.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-H⁴ I².

Pages A1-2 wanting; I2, blank; I3-4 wanting.

Errata on p. 66.

Woodcut head-piece and initial.

A prose description of the horse ballet "Ercole in Tebe", interspersed with Giovanni Andrea Moniglia's verses for the songs; without the music. Plates are etched by Stefano della Bella.

The performance took place in the amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens on July 1, 1661. Alessandro Carducci is credited with having conceived the event, directed by Alessandro Visconti, Ferdinando Tacca designed the scenography and Domenico Anglesi composed the music.

Illustrations: three folded plates (dimensions: 29 x 44 cm.), two depict the actual festivities taking place on stage of the amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens, the third shows various choreographies of the horse ballet.

Blumenthal, A. Medici, 92 and p. 194-195

Sonneck, O.G.T. Librettos, p. 446-447

Sartori, C. Libretti italiani, 15890

Il luogo teatrale a Firenze, 11.10-11.18

Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung, 3049

The plates in library's copy have the left margin cut sharply.

Binding: contemporary soft parchement, gilt boards and spine.

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In Firenze

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66 p., [3] folded leaves of plates :
Number of pages
66

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OL25400260M
Internet Archive
ilmondofesteggia00moni

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