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Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
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Die handschriftlichen Opernpartituren des 18. Jahrhunderts der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
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The manuscript opera scores of the 18th century of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek is a collection of more than 200 works in over 400 volumes. In the 18th century the Munich electoral court was one of the most important centres of European opera cultivation north of the Alps, alongside Vienna, Berlin, Dresden, Mannheim and Stuttgart. In the first half of the century, in addition to Pietro Torri, whose late Venetian operas dominated Munich for decades, composers such as Bernardo Aliprandi, Giovanni de Porta and Francesco Peli can be mentioned. In 1753 the newly built Residenztheater was opened with Giovanni Ferrandindi's Catone in Utica. From that time until 1788, a new opera seria was performed every year to open the carnival season. Until 1767 Andrea Bernasconi, who had been appointed vice-kapellmeister in 1753, composed most of these carnival operas. Thereafter, each year a different opera composer was commissioned to compose the opera seria at the Electoral Court, including Tommaso Traetta, Antonio Sacchini, Pietro Pompeo Sales, Alessio Prati, Antonio Tozzi, Antonio Salieri, Josef Myslivecek and Joseph Willibald Michl. The extensive holdings of handwritten scores directly related to Munich performances were later expanded through additions from estates and collections and through targeted acquisitions. (adapted from the website)
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German
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Internet
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