The Italian cantata in Vienna : entertainment in the age of absolutism /

The Italian cantata in Vienna : entertainment in the age of absolutism /

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Author / Creator:	Bennett, Lawrence, 1940- author.
Imprint:	Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013. ©2013
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Publications of the Early Music Institute Publications of the Early Music Institute.
Subject:	Cantatas -- Austria -- Vienna -- 17th century -- History and criticism. Cantatas -- Austria -- Vienna -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Cantatas. Austria -- Vienna. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208141

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ISBN:	9780253010346 0253010349 1299924328 9781299924321 9780253010186 0253010187
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Lawrence Bennett provides a comprehensive study of the rich repertoire of accompanied vocal chamber music that entertained the imperial family in Vienna and their guests throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries. The cantata became a form of elite entertainment composed to amuse listeners during banquets or pay homage to members of the royal family during special occasions. Concentrating on Baroque cantatas composed in the Habsburg court, Bennett draws extensively on primary source material to explore the stylistic changes that occurred within the genre in the generations before Haydn an.
Other form:	Print version: Bennett, Lawrence, 1940- Italian cantata in Vienna 9780253010186
Standard no.:	40022900855 99955959502
Publisher's no.:	EB00776518 Recorded Books

Table of Contents:

The cantata in Vienna, 1658-1700. The political and cultural milieu ; The composers ; Repertoire and sources ; Text and music
The cantata in Vienna, 1700-1711. The political and cultural milieu ; The composers ; Repertoire and sources ; Style overview ; Aspects of form ; Melody, harmony, and rhythm ; The relationship of text and music.