The voice of discord, or the battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers. = La voix de la discorde, ou la bataille des violons. Histoire d'un attentat seditieux, et [illegible] contre la Vie et les Biens de cinquante Chanteurs et Violinistes

People / Organizations

• Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for W. Owen near Temple-Bar, and T. Snelling opposite White-Fryars in Fleet-Street, MDCCLIII. [1753]

Publication year

1753

ESTC No.

T176734

Grub Street ID

213743

Description

55,[1]p. ; 8°.

Note

Anonymous. By Giuseppe Baretti

Parallel English and French texts

Dedication in Italian

Burlesque reply to the author's anonymous 'Scheme for having in London an Italian opera of a new taste'

Occasioned by a quarrel between the impresario Vanneschi, and musicians of his opera company

Braces in title

Below imprint in square brackets: price One Shilling.