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Book ID: 1111
| Title | Mercvrio, e Marte. Torneo Regale Fatto nel Superbissimo Teatro di Parma Nell'arriuo della Sereniß. Principeßa Margherita di Toscana Moglie del sereniss. Dvca Odoardo Farnese . . . | |||||
| Authors | Achillini, Claudio | |||||
| Year of event | 1628 | |||||
| Event description | Tournament opera for the opening in Parma of the Teatro Farnese for the arrival of Margherita de' Medici (1612-1679), bride of Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (1612-1646) | |||||
| Event type | Bridal Entries | |||||
| Event place | Parma | |||||
| Publication info | Parma: Seth & Erasmo Viotti; 1628; 4° | |||||
| Pages | 48pp | |||||
| Illustrations | 1 engraved frontispiece by Melchiorre Gerardini and Giovanni Paulo Bianchi after Francesco Guitti, Alfonso Chenda and Francesco Mazzi | |||||
| Festival type | Libretti; Operas; Tournaments | |||||
| Rulers | Margherita de' Medici, Duchess of Parma; Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma | |||||
| Artists | Bianchi, Giovanni Paulo; Chenda, Alfonso; Gerardini, Melchiorre; Guitti, Francesco; Mazzi, Francesco; Monteverdi, Claudio | |||||
| Shelfmark | BL 011795.cc.e.; BL 811.g.25.; BL HirschIV.1313.; BNF 8- RA5- 820; V&A Piot D.1049 | |||||
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| Notes | The music, now lost, was by Monteverdi; the text consists mostly of the libretto. BL HirschIV.1313. is another issue, without the imprimatur and the 'Ristretto del torneo'. BL 011795.cc.e. (Parma; 1628; 4°) is another edition. | |||||