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Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom
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Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
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Libretti der Musikgeschichtlichen Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom
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A particularly valuable part of the library stock of the Music History Department of the German Historical Institute in Rome consists of 1,500 historical libretto prints. Three quarters of these come from the possession of Remo Giazotto (1910-1998), whose libretto collection the DHI Rome was able to acquire in 1979 thanks to the help of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from special funds provided by the Donors' Association of German Science. Starting with Francesco Manelli's L'Andromeda from 1637 and including numerous long-forgotten composers, but also great names such as Monteverdi, Albinoni and Vivaldi, it documents the early days of opera in Venice from the opening of the first public opera houses there until 1734. Other rare librettos of the Roman music department pass on opera performances from the 17th century to the early 20th century in Milan, Naples and Rome, among others. Programs from festive performances in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries are also an important part of the collection. Especially in this group, which is relatively small in number with just over 200 printed oratorio texts and around 50 cantata libretti, the proportion of unique pieces is relatively high. (from the website)
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German
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Internet
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