| Work Title
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Fetonte
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| Alternative. Title
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Tragedia per musica da rappresentarsi nel Regio Teatro di Berlino il felicissimo giorno natalizio della sacra real maestà di Sofia Dorotea regina madre per comando della sacra real maestà del re.
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| Composer
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Graun, Karl Heinrich
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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GraunWV B:I:21
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IKG 31
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 acts
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| First Performance.
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1750/03/29 in Berlin, Hofoper
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| Librettist
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Leopoldo de Villati (1701–1752) Frederick II (1712–1786) Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764)
- after Phaeton by 1635
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| Language
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Italian
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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| Piece Style
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Baroque
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| Instrumentation
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10 voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings, continuo
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| Manuscript Sources
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D-B, Mus.ms.8224, manuscript-copy by F. E. Holstein
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| Extra Information
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Solos, chorus and orchestral selections are preserved at various libraries listed at RISM, so definitely for voices, chorus and orchestra.
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