[Music & Dance of the French Court] Lully, Jean Baptiste. (1632–1687) [Quinault, Philippe. (1635–1688)]. Cadmus et Hermione. Tragedie, representée par l’Academie Royale de Musique. LIBRETTO. Paris: Christophe Ballard. 1690. First edition. Libretto: 68 pp., octavo, typeset, with woodblock head and tailpieces and capitals. Modern vellum covered boards, generally lightly browned throughout. Loewenberg 52. Not in Sonneck.
First performed April 1673 in Paris, in the presence of Louis XIV, to a text by Philippe
Quinault after Ovid, it was with 'Cadmus et Hermione', that Lully invented the form of the tragédie en musique (also known as tragédie lyrique). This edition appears to have been printed for the revival of 4 December, 1690 at the Théâtre du Palais Royal.
First performed April 1673 in Paris, in the presence of Louis XIV, to a text by Philippe
Quinault after Ovid, it was with 'Cadmus et Hermione', that Lully invented the form of the tragédie en musique (also known as tragédie lyrique). This edition appears to have been printed for the revival of 4 December, 1690 at the Théâtre du Palais Royal.
[Music & Dance of the French Court] Lully, Jean Baptiste. (1632–1687) [Quinault, Philippe. (1635–1688)]. Cadmus et Hermione. Tragedie, representée par l’Academie Royale de Musique. LIBRETTO. Paris: Christophe Ballard. 1690. First edition. Libretto: 68 pp., octavo, typeset, with woodblock head and tailpieces and capitals. Modern vellum covered boards, generally lightly browned throughout. Loewenberg 52. Not in Sonneck.
First performed April 1673 in Paris, in the presence of Louis XIV, to a text by Philippe
Quinault after Ovid, it was with 'Cadmus et Hermione', that Lully invented the form of the tragédie en musique (also known as tragédie lyrique). This edition appears to have been printed for the revival of 4 December, 1690 at the Théâtre du Palais Royal.
First performed April 1673 in Paris, in the presence of Louis XIV, to a text by Philippe
Quinault after Ovid, it was with 'Cadmus et Hermione', that Lully invented the form of the tragédie en musique (also known as tragédie lyrique). This edition appears to have been printed for the revival of 4 December, 1690 at the Théâtre du Palais Royal.