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Description Handel, Rinaldo libretto,.jpg | Pages 28 (in Italian) and 29 (in English) of the libretto for George Friedrich Handel 's 1711 opera Rinaldo | ||||||
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Source | Taken from the article A mangled chime: the accidental death of the opera libretto in Civil War England by Andrew Pinnock and Bruce Wood, from the journal "Early Music" Volume 36, Issue 2, pp. 265-284. The article gives the source as "Facing pages (28 and 29) from the bilingual libretto for Handel’s Rinaldo (London, 1711): ‘Permit the wretched to complain’and ‘Lascia ch’Io pianga’; Handel set the Italian version (London, British Library, 1078.m.6.(8.); British Library Board. All rights reserved.) " The British Library catalog shelfmark is 1078.m.6.(8.), the title "Rinaldo. Opera. [With an English translation by A. Hill.] Ital. & Eng." and the system number 003165951. | ||||||
Author | Italian text: Giacomo Rossi (early 18th century); English text: Aaron Hill (1685–1750) | ||||||
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