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Dido and Aeneas : an opera perform'd at Mr. Josias Priest's boarding-school at Chelsey by young gentlewomen / the words by Mr. Nahum Tate ; the musick composed by Mr. Henry Purcell.
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Object Description
BibID
283040
Title
Dido
and
Aeneas
: an
opera
perform'd
at
Mr
.
Josias
Priest's
boarding-school
at
Chelsey
by
young
gentlewomen
/
the
words
by
Mr
.
Nahum
Tate
; the
musick
composed
by
Mr
.
Henry
Purcell
.
Title-Alternative
Dido
and
Aeneas
.
Libretto
Creator
Purcell
,
Henry
,
1659-1695
Contributors
Tate
,
Nahum
,
1652-1715
;
Alpert
,
Michael,1945-
;
Van
Vliet
,
Claire
;
Virgil
;
Janus
Press
Date
1989
Publisher
Newark
,
Vt
. :
Janus
Press
Description
A
deluxe
edition
of the
libretto
,
which
is
based
on
Virgil's
Aeneid
.
Consists
of
printing
and
art
work
on
one
side
of a
folded
strip
and on
leaves
attached
to the
strip
, in a
box
containing
a
pocket
holding
a
compact
disc
recording
of the
opera
and an
empty
2nd
pocket
to
accommodate
any
other
compact
disc
. "The
book
can
be
stood
in a
line
or in a
star-circle
shape.
" "
300th
anniversary
publication
,
April
1989
. The
first
edition
of
Nahum
Tate's
libretto..
. was
probably
distributed
to the
audience
at the
1st
performance..
. in
April
1689.
" "The
text
was
prepared
,
typographically
designed
&
handset..
. by
Michael
Alpert
at the
Theodore
Press
in
Bangor
,
Maine
.
Printed
at the
Janus
Press
in
Newark
,
Vermont
by
Michael
Alpert
&
Claire
Van
Vliet..
. The
book
structure
and
box
were
designed
by
Claire
Van
Vliet.
" "This
co-publication
of the
Janus
Press
&
the
Theodore
Press
is
limited
to
150
copies.
" The
compact
disc
is
published
:
[England]
:
Chandos
,
p1981
.
Skidmore
has
copy
no
.
16
.
Physical Description
[38] p. ; 38 x 17 cm.
Subject(s)
Artists' books
Dido (Legendary character)--Drama
Aeneas (Legendary character)--Drama
Type
text
physical object
Language
eng
Rights
Photographed and posted with permission of the artist.
Date Added
2014-05-08
OCLC number
21763949
Description
BibID
283040_a
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Date Added
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