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Keiser, Reinhard, 1674-1739. Croesus (1730)

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Personal name headingKeiser, Reinhard, 1674-1739. Croesus (1730)
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Variant(s)Keiser, Reinhard, 1674-1739. Hochmütige, gestürtzte und wieder erhabene Croesus
Keiser, Reinhard, 1674-1739. Proud, overthrown and again exalted Croesus
Keiser, Reinhard, 1674-1739. Croesus, haughty, fallen and again exalted
Found inKeiser, R. Croesus [SR] p1990: label (Croesus) booklet (complete title: Der hochmütige, gestürtzte und wieder erhabene Croesus = Croesus, haughty, fallen and again exalted; written in 1710 [sic]; "in 1730 he produced a completely revised version of the opera, adapting it in many aspects to the lighter, new gallant taste ... The version recorded here is the 1730 version ... [T]he first version of 1710 ... opened with a pompous Ouverture à la fran[ç]aise; in this 1730 version it opens with a slim three-part Symphony in the Italian sytyle")
Grovemusic WWW site, Oct. 13, 2005: opera (Croesus (Der hochmüthige, gestürtzte und wieder erhabene Croesus) (Spl, 3, L. von Bostel, after N. Minato: Creso), 1711; rev. 6 Dec 1730; "The elaborate revisions made in Croesus when it was revived in 1730 seem to have stemmed as much from an urge to improve as from a need to adapt to altered tastes or conditions"; under Croesus [title]: Croesus (Der hochmüthige, gestürtzte und wieder erhabene Croesus = The proud, overthrown and again exalted Croesus); "Only the extensively revised score of 1730 survives complete")