1st Edition
Society, Culture and Opera in Florence, 1814-1830 Dilettantes in an "Earthly Paradise"
By Aubrey S. Garlington
Copyright 2005
223 Pages
by
Routledge
223 Pages
by
Routledge
223 Pages
by
Routledge
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Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, an event that signalled an end to nearly fourteen years of French domination, Florence seemed to enter a new cultural 'golden age' and by 1824 was described as 'an Earthly Paradise' by the political and liberal writer, Pietro Giordano. Politically, economically and culturally, the city prospered in this new era. After 1814 it seemed as if the Enlightenment... Read more
Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations and livrary sigla; Prologue; The dilettante composer; Florence, 1814 - 15: The new golden years; Music and the elegant world of the English Embassy; Conclusion; Epilogue: After Florence; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Aubrey S. Garlington
