Melpomene coronata da Felsina (Bologna, 1685) : twelve cantatas for solo voice and continuo / edited by Simone Laghi and Marta Salvatori.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Silvani, Marino, -1711, editor.

Laghi, Simone, editor.

Salvatori, Marta, editor.

Accademia filarmonica di Bologna.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; v.248.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 248

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Solo cantatas, Secular (High voice)--Scores.

Solo cantatas, Secular (High voice).

Solo cantatas, Secular (Low voice)--Scores.

Solo cantatas, Secular (Low voice).

Songs (High voice) with continuo--Scores.

Songs (High voice) with continuo.

Songs (Low voice) with continuo--Scores.

Songs (Low voice) with continuo.

Solo cantatas, Secular--Italy--Bologna--17th century.

Solo cantatas, Secular.

Genre:

Cantatas.

Songs.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xxii, 67 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates)) : facsimiles.

Other Title:

Twelve cantatas for solo voice and continuo

12 cantatas for solo voice and continuo

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2026.

Language Note:

Italian words; also printed separately as texts with English translations (pages xiv-xxii).

Summary:

"Melpomene coronata da Felsina (Bologna, 1685) is a collection of twelve solo vocal cantatas by prominent composers affiliated with the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna. Curated by Marino Silvani and printed by Giacomo Monti, the collection is dedicated to the brothers of the Accademia's late founder, Vincenzo Maria Carrati. The anthology showcases the vibrant musical and cultural environment surrounding the Accademia during the late seventeenth century. Among the contributing composers are notable figures including Giacomo Antonio Perti, Giovanni Paolo Colonna, and Domenico Gabrielli, who were instrumental in shaping the Italian Baroque style. These cantatas demonstrate the refinement of vocal ornamentation, the expressive use of the basso continuo, and the dramatic intensity characteristic of this period. Now available for the first time in a modern edition, Melpomene coronata da Felsina offers scholars and performers of Baroque vocal music new insights into Bologna's rich musical traditions." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Filli, mia cara Filli / Giovanni Battista Sanuti Pellicani

2. Fermezza in amore / Pirro Albergati Capacelli

3. Fra i ceppi del tormento / Francesco Passarini

4. Stelle che più volete? / Giacomo Antonio Perti

5. Là dove Alfeo / Nicolò Giovanardi

6. Oronta in Cipro / Rinaldo Gherardini

7. Sdegno armato / Annibale Frabetti

8. Viver lungi dal bel che s'adora / Giuseppe Tosi

9. La popea / Bartolomeo Monari

10. Stanco di più soffrirti / Domenico Gabrielli

11. Il Xerse / Giovanni Paolo Colonna

12. Diogene nella botte / Giulio Cesare Arresti.

Notes:

For solo voice and continuo; figured bass not realized.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed 13 September 2026).

Contains:

Container of: Sanuti Pellicani, Giovanni Battista, 1632-1697. Filli, mia cara Filli.

Container of: Albergati Capacelli, Pirro, 1663-1735. Fermezza in amore.

Container of: Passarini, Camillo Francesco, 1636-1694. Fra i ceppi del tormento.

Container of: Perti, Giacomo Antonio, 1661-1756. Stelle che più volete?

Container of: Giovanardi, Nicolò, 1661-1729. Là dove Alfeo.

Container of: Gherardini, Rinaldo, approximately 1657-after 1707. Oronta in Cipro.

Container of: Frabetti, Annibale, 1649-1692. Sdegno armato.

Container of: Tosi, Giuseppe Felice, 1630- Viver lungi dal bel che s'adora.

Container of: Monari, Bartolomeo, approximately 1663-1697. Popea.

Container of: Gabrielli, Domenico, 1651-1690. Stanco di più soffrirti.

Container of: Colonna, Giovanni Paolo, 1637-1695. Xerse.

Container of: Arresti, Giulio Cesare, 1619-1701. Diogene nella botte.

ISBN:

9781987209679

OCLC:

1616699103

Publisher Number:

B248 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)