| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Publications of the Early Music Institute
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Publications of the Early Music Institute.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The cantata in Vienna, 1658-1700. The political and cultural milieu ; The composers ; Repertoire and sources ; Text and music -- The cantata in Vienna, 1700-1711. The political and cultural milieu ; The composers ; Repertoire and sources ; Style overview ; Aspects of form ; Melody, harmony, and rhythm ; The relationship of text and music. |
| Summary |
Lawrence Bennett provides a comprehensive study of the rich repertoire of accompanied vocal chamber music that entertained the imperial family in Vienna and their guests throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries. The cantata became a form of elite entertainment composed to amuse listeners during banquets or pay homage to members of the royal family during special occasions. Concentrating on Baroque cantatas composed in the Habsburg court, Bennett draws extensively on primary source material to explore the stylistic changes that occurred within the genre in the generations before Haydn an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cantatas -- Austria -- Vienna -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Cantatas. |
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Austria -- Vienna. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1600-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bennett, Lawrence, 1940- author. Italian cantata in Vienna 9780253010186 (DLC) 2013034074 (OCoLC)812509007 |
| ISBN |
9780253010346 electronic book |
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0253010349 electronic book |
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1299924328 electronic book |
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9781299924321 electronic book |
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9780253010186 |
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0253010187 |
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