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Journal Article
Il giorno natalizio di Giove
2021
Overview
En 1726, l’ambassadeur français à Vienne, le duc de Richelieu, organisa une fete magnifique pour le seizième anniversaire du roi Louis XV Le divertissement comprenait une grande cantate dont le texte allégorique décrivait la renaissance du roi chaque année. Plusieurs copies du livret imprimé sont connues pour avoir survécu, mais jusqu’à récemment, aucune copie de la musique n’avait été identifiée. Une partie de la musique a été localisée dans le manuscrit numéroté 659 du Conservatoire de Bruxelles (B-Bc). Cette source a été préparée par un scribe viennois du début du XVIIIe siècle. Les copies du livret et du manuscrit musical identifient le compositeur de la cantate (Giuseppe Porsile) et le librettiste (Giovanni Claudio Pasquini). Le manuscrit musical fournit également les noms des chanteurs, la soprano Faustina Bordoni (Cybèle), le castrat alto Gaetano Orsini (le prêtre, Sacerdote) et la basse Christoph Praun (Jupiter). La musique d’environ un tiers de la cantate a survécu, notamment plusieurs récitatifs, trios et arias da capo. La cantate se termine par une “licenza” chantée par Cybèle.
In 1726 the French ambassador to Vienna, the duc de Richelieu, hosted an elabornte party for the sixteenth birthday of King Louis XV. The entertainment included a grand cantata with an allegorical text that portrayed the rebirth of the king each year. Several copies of theprinted libretto are known to have survived, but until recently no copy of the music had been identified. A portion of the music has been located in the manuscript numbered 659 at the Brussels Conservatory (B-Bc). This source was prepared by an early eighteenth-century Viennese scribe. The copies of the libretto and the music manuscript identify the composer of the cantata (Giuseppe Porsile) and the librettist (Giovanni Claudio Pasquini). The music manuscript alsoprovides the names of the singers, the soprano Faustina Bordoni (Cybele), the alto castrato Gaetano Orsini (the priest, Sacerdote), and the bass Christoph Praun (Jupiter). Music for approximately one-third of the cantata survives, including semplice recitatives, trios, and da capo arias. The cantata concludes with a “licenza” sung by Cybele.
Publisher
Société Française de Musicologie
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