Author: John A. Rice
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521825122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is a study of the musical activities of Empress Marie Therese, one of the most important patrons in the Vienna of Haydn and Beethoven. Building on extensive archival research, including many documents published here for the first time, John A. Rice describes Marie Therese's activities as commissioner, collector and performer of music, and explores the rich and diverse musical culture that she fostered at court. This book, which will be of interest to musicologists, historians of artistic patronage and taste, and practitioners of women's studies, elucidates this remarkable woman's relations with a host of professional musicians, including Haydn, and argues that she played a significant and hitherto unsuspected role in the inception of one of the era's greatest masterpieces, Beethoven's Fidelio. Other composers discussed include Domenico Cimarosa, Joseph Eybler, Michael Haydn, Johann Simon Mayr, Ferdinando Paer, Antonio Salieri, Joseph Weigl and Paul Wranitzky.
Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792-1807
Author: John A. Rice
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521825122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is a study of the musical activities of Empress Marie Therese, one of the most important patrons in the Vienna of Haydn and Beethoven. Building on extensive archival research, including many documents published here for the first time, John A. Rice describes Marie Therese's activities as commissioner, collector and performer of music, and explores the rich and diverse musical culture that she fostered at court. This book, which will be of interest to musicologists, historians of artistic patronage and taste, and practitioners of women's studies, elucidates this remarkable woman's relations with a host of professional musicians, including Haydn, and argues that she played a significant and hitherto unsuspected role in the inception of one of the era's greatest masterpieces, Beethoven's Fidelio. Other composers discussed include Domenico Cimarosa, Joseph Eybler, Michael Haydn, Johann Simon Mayr, Ferdinando Paer, Antonio Salieri, Joseph Weigl and Paul Wranitzky.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521825122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is a study of the musical activities of Empress Marie Therese, one of the most important patrons in the Vienna of Haydn and Beethoven. Building on extensive archival research, including many documents published here for the first time, John A. Rice describes Marie Therese's activities as commissioner, collector and performer of music, and explores the rich and diverse musical culture that she fostered at court. This book, which will be of interest to musicologists, historians of artistic patronage and taste, and practitioners of women's studies, elucidates this remarkable woman's relations with a host of professional musicians, including Haydn, and argues that she played a significant and hitherto unsuspected role in the inception of one of the era's greatest masterpieces, Beethoven's Fidelio. Other composers discussed include Domenico Cimarosa, Joseph Eybler, Michael Haydn, Johann Simon Mayr, Ferdinando Paer, Antonio Salieri, Joseph Weigl and Paul Wranitzky.
Report of the Librarian of Congress and Report of the Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30
Report of the Librarian of Congress and Report of the Superintendent of the Library Buildings and Grounds
Easter-Mystr̈es
Author: John Denison Champlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Dictionary-catalogue of Operas and Operettas which Have Been Performed on the Public Stage
Author: John Towers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians
Milano 1816: Carlotta e Ludovico
Author: Cristina Contilli
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471097773
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : it
Pages : 215
Book Description
La storia d'amore tra lo scrittore Ludovico Di Breme e l'attrice Carlotta Marchionni presenta tutte le caratteristiche dell'amore "romantico" passione, contrasti, lontananza e, in conclusione, morte di uno dei due innamorati, ancora relativamente giovane, a causa della tisi. Ludovico Di Breme era stato ordinato sacerdote nel 1806, ma aveva un cuore "amante" che gli rendeva difficile rispettare gli obblighi della sua condizione. La fonte principale per ricostruire la storia d'amore tra lo scrittore torinese Ludovico Di Breme e l'attrice Carlotta Marchionni, sono le lettere di Silvio Pellico, amico di Ludovico, ma anche di Carlotta, che il Pellico ammira per la sua capacità di dare un anima ed uno spessore ai personaggi che interpreta sul palcoscenico
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471097773
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : it
Pages : 215
Book Description
La storia d'amore tra lo scrittore Ludovico Di Breme e l'attrice Carlotta Marchionni presenta tutte le caratteristiche dell'amore "romantico" passione, contrasti, lontananza e, in conclusione, morte di uno dei due innamorati, ancora relativamente giovane, a causa della tisi. Ludovico Di Breme era stato ordinato sacerdote nel 1806, ma aveva un cuore "amante" che gli rendeva difficile rispettare gli obblighi della sua condizione. La fonte principale per ricostruire la storia d'amore tra lo scrittore torinese Ludovico Di Breme e l'attrice Carlotta Marchionni, sono le lettere di Silvio Pellico, amico di Ludovico, ma anche di Carlotta, che il Pellico ammira per la sua capacità di dare un anima ed uno spessore ai personaggi che interpreta sul palcoscenico
Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress
The Grove Book of Opera Singers
Author: Laura Williams Macy
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195337654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Covering over 1500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day, this marvelous volume will be an essential resource for all serious opera lovers and an indispensable companion to the enormously successful Grove Book of Operas. The most comprehensive guide to opera singers ever produced, this volume offers an alphabetically arranged collection of authoritative biographies that range from Marion Anderson (the first African American to perform at the Met) to Benedict Zak (the classical tenor and close friend and colleague of Mozart). Readers will find fascinating articles on such opera stars as Maria Callas and Enrico Caruso, Ezio Pinza and Fyodor Chaliapin, Lotte Lehmann and Jenny Lind, Lily Pons and Luciano Pavarotti. The profiles offer basic information such as birth date, vocal style, first debut, most memorable roles, and much more. But these articles often go well beyond basic biographical information to offer colorful portraits of the singer's personality and vocal style, plus astute evaluations of their place in operatic history and many other intriguing observations. Many entries also include suggestions for further reading, so that anyone interested in a particular performer can explore their life and career in more depth. In addition, there are indexes of singers by voice type and by opera role premiers. The articles are mostly drawn from the acclaimed Grove Music Online and have been fully revised, and the book is further supplemented by more than 40 specially commissioned articles on contemporary singers. A superb new guide from the first name in opera reference, The Grove Book of Opera Singers is a lively and authoritative work, beautifully illustrated with color and black-and-white pictures. It is an essential volume--and the perfect gift--for opera lovers everywhere.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195337654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Covering over 1500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day, this marvelous volume will be an essential resource for all serious opera lovers and an indispensable companion to the enormously successful Grove Book of Operas. The most comprehensive guide to opera singers ever produced, this volume offers an alphabetically arranged collection of authoritative biographies that range from Marion Anderson (the first African American to perform at the Met) to Benedict Zak (the classical tenor and close friend and colleague of Mozart). Readers will find fascinating articles on such opera stars as Maria Callas and Enrico Caruso, Ezio Pinza and Fyodor Chaliapin, Lotte Lehmann and Jenny Lind, Lily Pons and Luciano Pavarotti. The profiles offer basic information such as birth date, vocal style, first debut, most memorable roles, and much more. But these articles often go well beyond basic biographical information to offer colorful portraits of the singer's personality and vocal style, plus astute evaluations of their place in operatic history and many other intriguing observations. Many entries also include suggestions for further reading, so that anyone interested in a particular performer can explore their life and career in more depth. In addition, there are indexes of singers by voice type and by opera role premiers. The articles are mostly drawn from the acclaimed Grove Music Online and have been fully revised, and the book is further supplemented by more than 40 specially commissioned articles on contemporary singers. A superb new guide from the first name in opera reference, The Grove Book of Opera Singers is a lively and authoritative work, beautifully illustrated with color and black-and-white pictures. It is an essential volume--and the perfect gift--for opera lovers everywhere.