Solo English cantatas and Italian odes of Thomas A. Arne /

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This study examines Thomas Arne's solo cantatas and Italian odes from musical, literary and social perspectives. Arne composed these works between 1740 and 1774. As such, they provide a means of evaluating the evolving aspects of his musical style throughout his compositional career. The Italia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rice, Paul F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upong Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
Temas:
Cantatas > Great Britain > History and criticism.
Cantates > Histoire et critique > Grande-Bretagne.
Cantatas
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study examines Thomas Arne's solo cantatas and Italian odes from musical, literary and social perspectives. Arne composed these works between 1740 and 1774. As such, they provide a means of evaluating the evolving aspects of his musical style throughout his compositional career. The Italian odes have been little-studied, but provide an important gloss on Charles Burney's comments on Arne's inability to set the Italian language. Study of the cantata texts that Arne set reveals that they are often pastiches which make use of the words of William Congreve, Alexander Pope, Christopher Smart a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 247 pages.)
ISBN:9781527545052
1527545059

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