A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ascanio in Alba

1502549A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Ascanio in Alba


ASCANIO IN ALBA. A 'theatrical serenade' in two acts (overture and twenty-four numbers), composed by Mozart at Milan, Sept. 1771, for the betrothal of the Archduke Ferdinand and Princess Maria of Modena. First performance, Oct. 17, 1771 (Köchel, No. 111).