"Oper Italien Geschichte 17. Jh." . . "Italien." . . "Zangkunst." . . "Tanz." . . "Oper." . . "opéra italien 1580 / 1740 [études diverses]" . . "Ballett Italien Geschichte 18. Jh." . . "Vokalmusik." . . "Musique vocale Italie 18e siècle Histoire et critique." . . "Musique vocale Italie 17e siècle Histoire et critique." . . "Geschichte 1580-1740." . . "1580-1740" . . "Ballett Italien Geschichte 17. Jh." . . . "Con che soavità : studies in Italian opera, song, and dance, 1580-1740" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . . . . . . "Music in 17th and early 18th century Italy was wonderfully rich and varied: in theatrical and secular vocal chamber music alone, we saw the rise of the solo song and cantata, and the birth and growth of opera, all establishing important new structural and expressive paradigms. But this was also a complex time of uncertainty and change, as 'old' and 'new' interacted in subtle and often surprising ways. There is still much to document, explore and explain in terms of composers and repertories and their multi-layered contexts. This collection of essays by European, British and American musicologists seeks to consolidate the recent growth interest in seventeenth century studies. It includes discussions of leading composers (d'India, Monteverdi, Rovetta, Steffani, Albinoni, Vivaldi and Handel), repertories (chamber laments, staged balli and operatic mad-scenes), geographical issues (the arrival of Neapolitan opera in Venice), institutional contexts, and iconography. Inspiration for the book was drawn from the poineering research of Nigel Fortune, to whom the volume is dedicated on his 70th birthday." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . "Studies in Italian opera, song, and dance, 1580-1740" . . . . "Dans." . . "Lied italienisches Geschichte 18. Jh." . . "Vocal music." . . "Oper Italien Geschichte 18. Jh." . . "Ballett." . . "Geschichte." . . "Musik." . . "Italië." . . "Opera's." . . "Lied italienisches Geschichte 17. Jh." . .