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The eighteenth-century diaspora of Italian music and musicians

"On an eighteenth-century map of European culture, Italian musicians would be found almost everywhere. Unlike in earlier ages, they now provided an intrinsic part of the international exchange: no longer exotic birds, but not yet the representatives of a single nation, they helped other Europeans to forget traditional frontiers in music. In this fascinating book, eight specialised music historians investigate several important aspects of the Italian contribution, highlighting local musical practices, the aesthetic of genres, and the larger patterns of musical cultivation and patronage."--Publisher's website
Print Book, English, ©2001
Brepols, Turnhout, ©2001
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xix, 356 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
9782503510200, 2503510205
49036285
List of Plates
ix
Introductionxv
Reinhard Strohm
Italian Operisti North of the Alps, c. 1700 - c. 1750
1(60)
Reinhard Strohm
Italienische Instrumentalisten in deutschen Hofkapellen
61(60)
Norbert Dubowy
Osterreich: Ein gelobtes Land der italienischen Musik
121(18)
Theophil Antonicek
Italian Violinists in Eighteenth-Century London
139(38)
Simon McVeigh
The Italian Presence in the Musical Life of the Dutch Republic
177(34)
Rudolf Rasch
The Italian Diaspora in Eighteenth-Century Russia
211(44)
Marina Ritzarev (Rytsareva)
Anna Porfireva
La Canzonetta italiana nella vita musicale londinese di fine Settecento
255(32)
Elena Ceranini
Rivoluzioni e querelles: la musica italiana alla conquista dell' Opera
287(36)
Michele Calella
Bibliography323(8)
Contributors331(2)
Index of Names333
In English (chiefly), German, Italian, and French