Didon (Piccinni, Niccolò)

Title Didon
Alternative title Tragédie lyrique en trois actes
Creators Niccolò Piccinni, composer
Jean-François Marmontel, librettist
Opus RISM A/I: P 2102
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1783
First published 1783
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Composition types Lyric tragedies
Language French
Period Classical
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View Selections 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon and 2 horns Georg Kaspar Sartorius
View Overture 2 guitars François de Fossa

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View Complete Paris: Chez Des Lauriers M.d de Papiers Complete Score (mono)
Preliminaries - Act I
Act II
Act III
View Complete vocal score Complete Score
View Complete selections,vocal score Air: Ah! que je fus bien inspirée
View Complete Arrangement for 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon and 2 horns
by Georg Kaspar Sartorius
; selections
Manuscript Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for 2 guitars
by François de Fossa
N. Simrock Complete Parts

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