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Title

  • Essai sur l'opéra

Names

  • Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712-1764
  • Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788

Created / Published

  • A Pise ; & se trouve a Paris : Chez Ruault, M.DCC.LXXIII [1773]

Headings

  • -  Opera

Notes

  • -  Translated by the Marquis de Chastellux.
  • -  Includes Algarotti's outline of an opera, "Énée à Troye", and the full text (in prose) of a second, "Iphigénie en Alulide", written by him in French.

Medium

  • viii, 190 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML3858 .A393
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item A-025e, Reel 4 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 29028715

OCLC Number

  • 23646748

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Algarotti, Francesco, Conte, and François Jean Chastellux. Essai Sur L'opéra. [A Pise ; & se trouve a Paris: Chez Ruault, M.DCC.LXXIII, 1773] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/29028715/.

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Algarotti, F. & Chastellux, F. J. (1773) Essai Sur L'opéra. [A Pise ; & se trouve a Paris: Chez Ruault, M.DCC.LXXIII] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/29028715/.

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Algarotti, Francesco, Conte, and François Jean Chastellux. Essai Sur L'opéra. [A Pise ; & se trouve a Paris: Chez Ruault, M.DCC.LXXIII, 1773] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/29028715/>.