The Italian solo concerto, 1700-1760
Subtitle: rhetorical strategies and style history
By: Simon McVeigh and Jehoash Hirshberg.
Contributors: Hirshberg, Jehoash.
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Concerto -- Italy -- 18th century; Ritornello; Music -- Italy -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes "Catalogue of repertoire" (p. [311] - 353), bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Order, connection, and proportion; title: The concerto in context; title: Assembling the elements : towards the Vivaldian revolution; title: "Vivaldi is a deviant Vivaldian"; title: Vivaldi modulando; title: Vivaldi and the recapitulation; title: Rome : renovating tradition; title: The Venetian orbit; title: From Venice across the Alps; title: Platti and D'Alai : the common taste; title: Bologna : overthrowing tradition; title: A tale of two cities : Milan and Vienna; title: Turin and the French connection; title: Padua, Tartini and "la maggior perfezione del buon gusto"; title: The malleable model.