Baretti, Giuseppe Marco Antonio, 1719-1789.

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 atroce contre la vie et les biens de cinquante chanteurs et violinistes. - London : Printed for W. Owen and T. Snelling, 1753. - 55, [1]p. ; 8.°

English and French on opposite pages; dedication in Italian. Burlesque reply to the author's anonymous Scheme for an Italian opera of a new taste in London. Occasioned by a quarrel between the impresario Vanneschi, and musicians of his opera company.

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Opera--England--London--18th century.