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Alessandro Stradella, 1639-1682: His Life and Music

Categorie	Componisten
Boeknummer	#411777-YB14
Titel	Alessandro Stradella, 1639-1682: His Life and Music
Auteur	Gianturco, Carolyn
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Oxford : Clarendon Press
Jaar van uitgave	1994
ISBN10	0198161387
ISBN13	9780198161387
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, musical charts, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Alessandro Stradella was one of the most important composers of seventeenth-century Italy, contributing significant works to almost every contemporary genre. However, his precise position within the Italian musical baroque has never been properly evaluated, while his biography has long been enshrouded in myth and legend, following his murder in Genoa in 1682. This book is the definitive life and works study of this crucially important composer. The biographical section is the result of extensive documentary research over many years, and presents a clear account of Stradella's career and colorful personal life in all the cities where he lived--Rome, Venice, Turin, and Genoa--as well as information on his patrons and the poets whose words he set. The musical discussion offers a clear exposit... (Lees verder)ion of Stradella's 308 extant compositions, illustrated with nearly fifty music examples.
Pagina's	333
Conditie	Goed — Small light brown stain on first free endpaper.
Prijs	€ 125,00

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