The Italian Cantata in Vienna: Entertainment in the Age of Absolutism by Bennett, Lawrence

The Italian Cantata in Vienna: Entertainment in the Age of Absolutism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780253010186)

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The Italian Cantata in Vienna: Entertainment in the Age of Absolutism by Bennett, Lawrence

The Italian Cantata in Vienna: Entertainment in the Age of Absolutism

$60.00
The Italian Cantata in Vienna: Entertainment in the Age of Absolutism by Bennett, Lawrence

The Italian Cantata in Vienna: Entertainment in the Age of Absolutism

$60.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 and Mozart.



Author: Lawrence Bennett
ISBN-10: 0253010187
ISBN-13: 9780253010186
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2013
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.00d

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Choice 12/01/2014 pg. 619
By Lawrence Bennett
By Lawrence Bennett
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Lawrence Bennett is Professor Emeritus of Music and former Chair of the Music Department at Wabash College. He founded the Western Wind, a vocal ensemble that has toured professionally throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

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