| Work Title
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Alceste
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| Alternative. Title
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Alceste. Festa teatrale per musica da rappresentarsi nell'Imperial Corte festeggiandosi il glorioso e felicissimo nome [...] di Elisabetta Cristina Imperadrice regnante, l'anno 1718.
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| Composer
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Porsile, Giuseppe
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGP 11
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1718
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| First Performance.
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1718/11/19 in Vienna
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| Librettist
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Pietro Pariati (1665–1733)
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| Language
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Italian
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| Dedication
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Elisabeth Christine, Holy Roman Empress
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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| Piece Style
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Baroque
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| Instrumentation
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7 voices (SSSAATB), mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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oboes?, 2 bassoons, strings, continuo (cello, contrabass, theorbo)
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