Haym, Nicola Francesco

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
היים, ניקולא
Name (Latin)
Haym, Nicola Francesco
Other forms of name
Aimo, Nicolo Francesco
Haym, N. (Nicola)
Haym, Nicolò
Haym, Nicolas
Haim, Nicola Francesco
Haim, Mr. (Nicola Francesco)
Date of birth
1678-07-06
Date of death
1729-07-31
Place of birth
Rome (Italy)
Place of death
London (England)
Associated country
Italy
Occupation
Composers
Librettists
Theatrical managers
Associated Language
ita
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64111621
Wikidata: Q1986170
Library of congress: n 79072646
OCoLC: oca00305400
Sources of Information
  • His Biblioteca italiana, 1736.
  • His Biblioteca italiana ... 1728:prelim. p. 10 (N. Haym) prelim. p. 11 (Nicola Francesco Haym romano)
  • LC manual cat.(hdg.: Haym, Nicola Francesco; variant: Aimo, Nicolo Francesco)
  • NUC pre-56(Haym, Nicola Francesco, 1679-1730)
  • Handel, G.F. Julius Caesar, c1973:t.p. (Nicola Haym)
  • Handel, G.F. Radamisto, c1973:t.p. (Nicolà Francesco Haym)
  • Handel, G.F. Tamerlano [SR] p1987:insert (Nicolò Haym; Nicola Haym; Nicolas Haym)
  • New Grove, 2nd ed.(Haym, Nicola Francesco; b. July 6, 1678, Rome, d. July 31, 1729, London; Italian composer, librettist and theatre manager)
  • Haym, N.F. Complete sonatas, c2002:pt. 1, t.p. (Nicola Francesco Haym) pt. 2, p. xvii (Nicola Francesco Haim romano; Mr. Haim)
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Wikipedia description:

Nicola Francesco Haym (6 July 1678 – 31 July 1729) was an Italian opera librettist, composer, theatre manager and performer, literary editor and numismatist. He is best remembered for adapting texts into libretti for the London operas of George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Bononcini. Libretti that he provided for Handel included those for Giulio Cesare, Ottone, Flavio, Tamerlano, Rodelinda, and several others; for Bononcini, he produced two, Calfurnia and Astianatte.

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