Polymath of the baroque : Agostino Steffani and his music / Colin Timms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Timms, Colin.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steffani, Agostino, 1654-1728.

Steffani, Agostino.

Composers--Italy--Biography.

Composers.

Italy.

Genre:

Biographies.

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xviii, 422 pages : illustrations, music, genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This is the first book to consider all aspects of the life of Agostino Steffani (1654-1728), a composer, diplomat, and bishop. A remarkable figure of the late 17th and early 18th century Europe, Steffani began his career as a composer, musician, and courtier, but his accomplishments brought him high-level positions in the courts of Germany and the Catholic Church. Throughout his diplomatic and ecclesiatical career, Steffani continued to compose chamber music, vocal chamber music, operas, and sacred music--works which inspired Handel and other Baroque composers.

Contents:

The life. Castelfranco and Padua ; Munich 1667-1688 ; Hanover 1688-1703 ; Düsseldorf 1703-1709 ; Apostolic Vicar of North Germany 1709-1728

The music. The sacred works ; The operas, I : general survey ; The operas, II : case-studies ; The chamber music

Personality and achievement.

Notes:

"Catalogue of Steffani's musical works": pages 323-345.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-406) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0195154738

OCLC:

49750821