Instrumental music in late eighteenth-century Naples : politics, patronage and artistic culture / Anthony R. DelDonna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DelDonna, Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Instrumental music--Italy--Naples--18th century--History and criticism.

Instrumental music.

Conservatories of music--Italy--Naples--History--18th century.

Conservatories of music.

Music--Social aspects--Italy--Naples--History--18th century.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The music of early modern Naples and its renowned artistic traditions remain a fruitful area for scholars in eighteenth-century studies. Contemporary social, political, and artistic conditions had stimulated a significant growth of music, musicians and culture in the Kingdom of Naples from the beginning of the seventeenth century. Although eighteenth-century Neapolitan opera is well documented in scholarship, historians have paid much less attention to the simultaneous cultivation of instrumental genres. Yet the culture of instrumental music grew steadily and by its end became an exclusive area of focus for the royal court, a remarkable departure from past norms of patronage. By bridging this gap, Anthony R. DelDonna brings together diverse fields, including historical musicology, music theory, Neapolitan and European history. His book investigates the wide-ranging role of instrumental genres within late eighteenth-century Neapolitan culture and introduces readers to new material, including recently discovered instrumental works of Paisiello, Cimarosa and Pleyel.

Contents:

Naples on the Grand Tour and Within the Historical Imagination

The Neapolitan Conservatories : Identity, Formation, Operation

Pedagogical Training in the Conservatories

Maria Carolina as Cultural Patron and Icon

Music for the Court of Naples

Genre, Style, and Transnational Currents

Maestri e operisti : Paisiello

Maestri e operisti : Cimarosa and Guglielmi

Epilogue.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-80494-2

1-108-80407-1

1-108-77006-1

OCLC:

1243547260