La contesa dell' aria e dell' acqua :
festa à cavallo rappresentata nell'augustissime nozze delle sacre, cesaree, reali M.M. dell' imperatore Leopoldo e dell' infanta Margherita delle Spagne /
inventata e descritta da Francesco Sbarra, consigliero di Sua Maestà cesarea.

Description

Main Author

Sbarra, Francesco, active 17th century

Related Names

Cosmerovius, Matthäus, 1606-1674.
Hoey, Nicolas de
Bouttats, Gerard, approximately 1630-
Steen, Franciscus van der, 1625-1672
Ossenbeeck, Jan van, 1624?-1674
Pasetti, Carlo, active 1639-1695
Carducci, Alessandro
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich, approximately 1623-1680
Bertali, Antonio, 1605-1669

Language(s)

Italian

Published

In Vienna d' Austria : Appresso Matteo Cosmerovio, stampatore della corte, l'anno 1667.

Subjects

Margarita Teresa, > Margarita Teresa, / Infanta of Spain, Empress, consort of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, > Margarita Teresa, / Infanta of Spain, Empress, consort of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, / 1651-1673.
Leopold > Leopold / I, > Leopold / I, / Holy Roman Emperor, > Leopold / I, / Holy Roman Emperor, / 1640-1705.
Margarita Teresa, > Margarita Teresa, / Infanta of Spain, Empress, consort of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, > Margarita Teresa, / Infanta of Spain, Empress, consort of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, / 1651-1673 > Margarita Teresa, / Infanta of Spain, Empress, consort of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, / 1651-1673 / Marriage.
Leopold > Leopold / I, > Leopold / I, / Holy Roman Emperor, > Leopold / I, / Holy Roman Emperor, / 1640-1705
Royal weddings.
Marriage.
Horse ballet.
Tournaments > Tournaments / Austria > Tournaments / Austria / Vienna.
Horse ballet > Horse ballet / Austria > Horse ballet / Austria / Vienna.
Royal weddings > Royal weddings / Austria > Royal weddings / Austria / Vienna.
Austria > Austria / Vienna.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Austria > Engravings (prints) / Austria / 17th century.
Etchings (prints) > Etchings (prints) / Austria > Etchings (prints) / Austria / 17th century.
Wedding books > Wedding books / Austria > Wedding books / Austria / 17th century.

Note

Signatures: a² A-I².
Issued also in German under title: Sieg-Streit dess Lufft und Wassers.
Sbarra's text includes excerpts from his libretto. The spectacle that he describes included allegorical pageantry, a horse ballet, and fireworks, and was performed on 24 and 31 Jan. 1667 in the Inner Burghof, Vienna. It was planned and directed by A. Carducci, with C. Pasetti as designer. The engraved or etched plates (3 on double sheets) are by Jan van Ossenbeeck, Franciscus van der Steen, or Gerard Bouttats after Nicolas de Hoy. The vocal music (now lost) was by A. Bertali, the instrumental music by J.H. Schmelzer. See Watanabe-O'Kelly.

Physical Description

[40] p., [30] leaves of plates (9 folded) : ill. ; 30 cm. (fol.)

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