Genre in eighteenth-century music : selected papers from the second biennial conference of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, Williamsburg, VA, 21-23 April 2006 / edited by Anthony R. DelDonna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DelDonna, Anthony.

Society for Eighteenth-Century Music.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--18th century--Congresses.

Music.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Genre in 18th century music

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor [Mich.] : Steglein Pub., [2008]

Contents:

The 'catechism' of the "commedeja pe' mmuseca" in early eighteenth-century Naples / Paologiovanni Maione

Politics and "commedia per musica" : Paisello's "Le gare generose" between Naples and Venice (abstract) / Pierpaolo Polzonetti

Enlightened themes and the Neopolitan academic querelle at the end of the eighteenth century / Antonio Caroccia

Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721-1807) and Neapolitan comic opera in the late eighteenth century / Anthony R. DelDonna

Domesticating opera : John Walsh and his editions of "Symphonies or instrumental parts" / Richard Hardie

"Greatly inferior" entertainments : opera and genre in eighteenth-century London (abstract) / Michael Burden

What's in a name? : C.P.E. Bach and the genres of the character piece and musical portrait / Joshua S. Walden

C.P.E. Bach's sonatinas for keyboard(s) and orchestra / Stephen C. Fisher

Capriccio finales in the symphonies of Antonio Rosetti : meaning and significance / Sterling E. Murray

When is a "serenade" a serenade? / Andrew Kearns

The German songbook in colonial America / Timothy Sharp

Chorale arrangements in the late liturgical passions of Georg Philipp Telemann / Jason B. Grant

Villancios, cantadas, arias, and tonadas : making sense of Italianized Spanish genres in the eighteenth century (abstract) / Drew Edward Davies

The composing of "Musick" in the English language : the development of the English cantata, 1700-1750 / Jennifer Cable.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780971985476

0971985472

OCLC:

198756099