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Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

By: Anthony R. DelDonna

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Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

By: Anthony R. DelDonna

The operatic culture of late eighteenth-century Naples represents the fullest expression of a matrix of creators, practitioners, theorists, patrons, and entrepreneurs linking aristocratic, public and religious spheres of contemporary society. The considerable resonance of 'Neapolitan' opera in Europe was verified early in the eighteenth century not only through voluminous reports offered by locals and visitors in gazettes, newspapers, correspondence or diaries, but also, and more importantly, through the rich and tangible artistic patrimony produced for local audiences and then exported to the Italian peninsula and abroad. Naples was not simply a city of entertainment, but rather a cultural epicenter and paradigm producing highly innovative and successful genres of stage drama reflecting every facet of contemporary society. Anthony R. DelDonna provides a rich study of operatic culture from 1775-1800. The book demonstrates how contemporary stage traditions, stimulated by the Enlightenment, engaged with and responded to the changing social, political, and artistic contexts of the late eighteenth century in Naples. It focuses on select yet representative compositions from different genres of opera that illuminate the diverse contemporary cultural forces shaping these works and underlining the continued innovation and European recognition of operatic culture in Naples. It also defines how the cultural milieu of Naples - aristocratic and sacred, private and public - exercises a profound yet idiosyncratic influence on the repertory studied, the creation of which could not have occurred elsewhere on the Continent.

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1317085396

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Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Politics, Patronage and Artistic Culture

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Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Politics, Patronage and Artistic Culture

By: Anthony R. DelDonna

The music of early modern Naples and its renowned artistic traditions remain a fruitful area for scholars in eighteenth-century studies. Contemporary social, political, and artistic conditions had stimulated a significant growth of music, musicians and culture in the Kingdom of Naples from the beginning of the seventeenth century. Although eighteenth-century Neapolitan opera is well documented in scholarship, historians have paid much less attention to the simultaneous cultivation of instrumental genres. Yet the culture of instrumental music grew steadily and by its end became an exclusive area of focus for the royal court, a remarkable departure from past norms of patronage. By bridging this gap, Anthony R. DelDonna brings together diverse fields, including historical musicology, music theory, Neapolitan and European history. His book investigates the wide-ranging role of instrumental genres within late eighteenth-century Neapolitan culture and introduces readers to new material, including recently discovered instrumental works of Paisiello, Cimarosa and Pleyel.

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1108804942

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Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-century Naples

By: Anthony DelDonna

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Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-century Naples

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Anthony R. DelDonna provides a rich study of operatic culture from 1775-1800. The book demonstrates how contemporary stage traditions, stimulated by the Enlightenment, engaged with and responded to the changing social, political, and artistic contexts of the late eighteenth century in Naples. It focuses on select, yet representative, compositions from different genres of opera that illuminate the diverse contemporary cultural forces shaping these works and underlining the continued innovation and European recognition of operatic culture in Naples.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Politics, Patronage and Artistic Culture

By: Anthony DelDonna

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Politics, Patronage and Artistic Culture

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This book demonstrates the cultivation of instrumental genres by Neapolitan musicians and its significant stature at the royal court. Drawing on archival documents and musical sources, it paints a compelling history of local instrumental music culture and contributes to a wider ethnographic portrait of Naples in the late eighteenth-century.

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Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-century Naples

Opera, Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-century Naples

Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

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