Metastasio on the British Stage 1728-1840 a catalogue
The libretti by the Viennese court poet Pietro Metastasio dominated the Continental and London music scenes for much of the 18th century; almost no composer worth his salt failed to set one of his texts at some stage, and by the end of the century, there were some 300 settings of the 27 operas alone...
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Routledge
2007
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