Understanding Boccherini's manuscripts / edited by Rudolf Rasch ; contributors Giulio Battelli [and eight others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rasch, Rudolf, 1945- editor.

Battelli, Giulio, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

Music.

Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805--Criticism and interpretation.

Boccherini, Luigi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The eight chapters of Understanding Boccherini's Manuscripts discuss various aspects of the study of the manuscript sources for the music of Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), one of the foremost composers of the second half of the eighteenth century. This book begins by outlining the various types that can be distinguished among the manuscripts written by the composer himself or by his copyists, such as manuscripts for archival purposes, for publishers and for patrons. Germán Labrador continues w...

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; LETTERS CITED; CATALOGUES CITED; LIBRARY SIGLA; A SELECTIVE CHECKLISTOF BOCCHERINI'S WORKS; THE COMPOSITE OPUSES (OPP. 41-43); CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX OF LETTERS; INDEX OF CATALOGUES; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS; INDEX OF EARLY EDITIONS; INDEX OF WORKS; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 23, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5920-6

OCLC:

877038703