1st Edition
Cavalier Giovanni Battista Buonamente Franciscan Violinist
By Peter Allsop
Copyright 2005
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Giovanni Battista Buonamente was among the most original and inventive Italian composers of the seventeenth century. Peter Allsop reveals his importance as part of a tradition that stands in direct antithesis to that of the Corellian sonata today regarded as the 'norm'. This development is traced in a series of likely teacher-pupil relationships from Salamone Rossi to Marco Uccellini, the most... Read more
Contents: Preface; Life and times: a preview; La serenissima casa Gonzaga; The imperial court; From Vienna to Assisi; Variation sonatas; Dances and sinfonias; Free sonatas; The canzonas; The legacy; Music examples; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Peter Allsop
'This is a very thorough study...it does its job very well.' Early Music Review ’The contextual information provided [...] is wide-ranging and comprehensive... a great reference work, of crucial importance for those who have some familiarity with issues and repertories of mid-17th century Italian music.' Early Music ’With the analysis of the music, Allsop moves into an area where he is a recognized master. Quite simply, he probably knows, and has at his fingertips, more of the Italian - and not only the Italian - instrumental repertory of the Seicento than any other scholar working in the area.' Music and Letters
