LWV 49

E521197

LWV 49 is the catalogue number assigned to Jean-Baptiste Lully’s tragédie en musique "Cadmus et Hermione," one of the earliest French operas.

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instanceOf musical work catalogue number
associatedArtisticForm French Baroque opera
associatedCentury 17th century
associatedComposer Jean-Baptiste Lully NERFINISHED
associatedCourt French royal court NERFINISHED
associatedInstitution Académie Royale de Musique NERFINISHED
associatedLibrettist Philippe Quinault NERFINISHED
associatedMonarch Louis XIV NERFINISHED
associatedPatron Louis XIV NERFINISHED
catalogueDomain works of Jean-Baptiste Lully
catalogueScheme LWV NERFINISHED
catalogueSchemeLongName Lully-Werke-Verzeichnis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticType lyric tragedy
hasActs 5
hasOvertureType French overture NERFINISHED
hasPrologue yes
historicalSignificance early example of tragédie en musique
one of the earliest French operas
musicStyle French Baroque
mythologicalSource Greco-Roman mythology NERFINISHED
originalAudience French court and Parisian public
period Baroque
premiereCountry Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
premierePlace Paris NERFINISHED
premiereTheatre Palais-Royal theatre NERFINISHED
primaryPerformanceMedium voices and orchestra
refersTo Cadmus et Hermione NERFINISHED
subjectMatter myth of Cadmus
myth of Hermione
usesArias yes
usesBallet yes
usesChorus yes
usesRecitative yes
workForm opera in a prologue and five acts
workGenre French opera
tragédie en musique
workLanguage French
workTitle Cadmus et Hermione NERFINISHED

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