Title String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples Culture, Power, and Music Institutions

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (298 p.) Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Music Examples -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Parthenope's Violin -- The Myth of Naples "Capital of the Musical World" -- Sources and Choice of Repertory -- The Dawn of Neapolitan String Music -- Politics and Personalia: Scarlatti, Corelli, and Geminiani in Naples -- 1 Music Institutions in Naples -- The Music of Power: Instrumental Music at the Cappella Reale -- Music and Social Mobility: The Virtuoso Pietro "Petrillo" Marchitelli -- Pietro Marchitelli's Sonatas 2 The Formation of the Neapolitan String Virtuosi -- A Wellspring of Talents: The Four Conservatories -- The Career of a Maestro: Giovanni Carlo Cailò -- Cailò's Career in Naples -- Giovanni Carlo Cailò's Sonatas -- 3 Cello Virtuosi -- The Montecassino Manuscript: Early Cello Repertory by Gaetano Francone and Rocco Greco -- Toward a Definition of the Violoncello: Giovanni Bononcini's Sinfonie per violoncello -- String Pedagogy in Seventeenth-Century Naples: Counterpoint, Partimenti, and Continuo Realization at the Cello Cello Pedagogy in Eighteenth-Century Naples: F. P. Supriani's Principij da imparare a suonare il violoncello -- Neapolitan Cello Virtuosi of the Early Eighteenth Century -- 4 Between Naples and Paris: The String Sonata in France -- Regime Transition in Naples: The Advent of the Bourbon Dynasty -- The Italian Sonata in France: The Aesthetic Context/Contest -- Virtuoso Violin Technique in France: Giovanni Antonio Piani's Solo Sonatas (1712) -- 5 Neapolitan Virtuosi in the Public Sphere: The "Tastes Reunited" -- Between Naples and Paris: Giovanni Antonio Guido's Career in France The Impact of the Public Sphere: The Career of Michele Mascitti -- Pierre Crozat's Concert Soirées -- The "Tastes Reunited" -- 6 Neapolitan Instrumental Music under the Austrian Domination -- Changes in the Cappella Reale -- Neapolitan Virtuosi in the Real Capilla de Barcellona -- Music of the Nations: Neapolitan Performers in the Imperial Chapel -- Giovanni Antonio Piani, Concertmaster of the Imperial Orchestra -- 7 Under the Wings of the Imperial Eagle: String Virtuosi between Naples and Vienna -- The Career of Angelo Ragazzi -- Angelo Ragazzi's Sonate a quattro (1736) A Repertory for the Chapel: The Sonatas for Three Violins and Continuo (ca. 1713-1736) -- The Printed Collections of Sonatas by Giuseppe Antonio Avitrano -- The Sonatas for Three Violins in the Neapolitan Tradition: Cailò, Marchitelli, and Ragazzi -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index Summary A compelling new study of instrumental music in early modern Naples and of the string virtuosi who disseminated it through Europe Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Instrumental music -- Italy -- Naples -- 18th century -- History and criticism Music -- Social aspects -- Italy -- Naples -- History -- 18th century Music patronage -- Italy -- Naples -- History -- 18th century Bowed stringed instrument players -- Italy -- Naples Form Electronic book ISBN 9781009273633 1009273639

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