| LC control no. | n 81143166 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Imeneo |
| Variant(s) | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Hymenaeus Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Hymen |
| Form of work | Operas |
| Beginning date | 1738 |
| Ending date | 1740 |
| Thematic index no. | HWV 41 |
| Found in | His Imeneo, 1980 Grove Music Online WWW site, Aug. 9, 2006 (HWV 41. Imeneo; libretto: adapated from Stampiglia; 1st perf.: London, Nov. 22, 1740; drafted Sept. 1738, rev. for perf. Oct. 1740 ) Handel, George Frideric. Imeneo, ℗2016: label (Imeneo : serenata "Hymen" : Dublin, 1742) insert (serenade in three acts, adapted by the composer from the opera for performance in Dublin in March 1742, recorded here under the title of Hymen; some sections eliminated, while new material was also added; libretto reduced) Oxford music online, October 13, 2016: New Grove dictionary of opera (Imeneo (Hymen; Hymenaeus); opera in three acts to a libretto anonymously adapted from Silvio Stampiglia's Imeneo (1723, Naples); London, 1740; composed 1738-1740; for his 1742 Dublin season Handel prepared a concert version, in which he changed Hymen to a tenor role, added two arias and two duets, and cut most of Clomiris's music) Grove music online, October 13, 2016 (HWV 41. Imeneo; libretto adapted from Stampiglia; drafted Sept. 1738, rev. for perf. Oct. 1740; concert perf. (Dublin, 1742): cuts, but 2 arias and 2 duets added) |
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