L'Orfeo, SV 318 (Claudio Monteverdi)

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CPDL #11421: 

Editor: Philip Legge (added 2006-04-08).   Score information: A4, 25 pages, 270 kbytes   Copyright: © 2006 Philip Legge

Edition notes: Score includes Toccata – Prologue – Act One.

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Title: L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Opera
Language: Italian
Instruments: flute, cornetti, clarino, trombe, trombones, strings, chitarroni, double harp, regal, two organs
Published: Venice, 1607

Description: While there were semi-successful operatic experiments in Florence in the 1590s, Monteverdi's Orfeo was the first truly viable opera, first produced to great acclaim in February, 1607 and the full score published soon after in Venice by Monteverdi's usual firm Amadino.

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