The Italian cantata in Vienna : entertainment in the age of absolutism / Lawrence Bennett.

Author
Bennett, Lawrence, 1940- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Description
1 online resource (388 p.)

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Lawrence Bennett provides a comprehensive study of the rich repertoire of accompanied vocal chamber music that entertained the imperial family in Vienna and their guests throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries. The cantata became a form of elite entertainment composed to amuse listeners during banquets or pay homage to members of the royal family during special occasions. Concentrating on Baroque cantatas composed in the Habsburg court, Bennett draws extensively on primary source material to explore the stylistic changes that occurred within the genre in the generations before Haydn an
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2013).
Language note
English
Contents
  • The cantata in Vienna, 1658-1700. The political and cultural milieu ; The composers ; Repertoire and sources ; Text and music
  • The cantata in Vienna, 1700-1711. The political and cultural milieu ; The composers ; Repertoire and sources ; Style overview ; Aspects of form ; Melody, harmony, and rhythm ; The relationship of text and music.
ISBN
0-253-01034-9
OCLC
860711836
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