GALUPPI, Baldassare 1706-1785

The Favourite Songs in the Opera Call'd Scipione in Cartagine. [Score]

London: Printed for I. Walsh in Catherine Street in the Strand, [ca. 1742].

Folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto passepartout title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-21, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout.

Named singers include Signor Amorevoli, Signor Monticelli, Signora Tedeschi, and Signora Visconti.

With brief publisher's catalogue to foot of title including a 2-volume set with pieces by Hasse, Vinci, Pescetti, and Veracini; and works of Handel.

Slightly worn; occasional very minor foxing, small stains, minor soiling, and small edge tears; minor loss to blank lower outer corner of final leaf.

First Edition. Smith 679, p. 152. BUC p. 359. Published in two books, each with its own passepartout title; the present volume is the first. RISM G287, GG287 (three copies in the U.S., at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the University of Washington, Seattle; and the Folger Shakespeare Library).

Scipione in Cartagine was first performed in London on The King’s Theatre on 2 March 1742.

Galuppi "was a central figure in the development of the dramma giocoso and one of the most important mid-18th-century opera seria composers. Known widely as ‘Il Buranello’, from his birthplace, he was routinely listed in Venetian documents and early manuscripts as ‘Baldissera’. ... [He] arrived in London in October 1741 and supervised 11 opera productions over the next year and a half, including four original works. ... In general Galuppi’s trip was successful and he was well received. His music was often reprinted for the English public, and two more Galuppi works appeared there soon after he had left." Dale E. Monson in Grove Music Online.

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