The Neapolitan Canzone in the early nineteenth century as cultivated in the Passatempi musicali of Guillaume Cottrau

The Neapolitan Canzone in the early nineteenth century as cultivated in the Passatempi musicali of Guillaume Cottrau /

This collection examines the history of the Canzona Napoletana and its emergence as a leading genre of popular music in the early nineteenth century. Featuring original research by leading scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology, historical musicology, and theater, this is the first collection of...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Scialò, Pasquale, Seller, Francesca, DelDonna, Anthony R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015
Subjects:
Cottrau, Guillaume Louis, > 1797-1847. > Passatempi musicali.
Songs, Neapolitan > Italy > Naples > 19th century > History and criticism.
Vocal music > Italy > Naples > 19th century > History and criticism.
Music > Italy > Naples > 19th century > History and criticism.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Haunts of an armchair traveler : the variegated world of the letters of Guillaume Cottrau / Massimo Distilo
  • Origins, authorship, and new hypotheses about the Passatempi musicali / Pasquale Scialáo
  • The role of Neapolitan song in comedic dramaturgy of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries / Paologiovanni Maione
  • After the Golden Age : Considerations on the nature of nineteenth-century Neapolitan theater / Francesco Cotticelli
  • Guillaume Cottrau, a French-Neapolitan entrepreneur / Francesca Seller
  • Musical traditions and matrices in the Passatempi musicali of Guillaume Cottrau / Raffaele Di Mauro
  • Musical instruments in the early nineteenth-century Neapolitan salon / Francesco Nocerino
  • Considerations on the Neapolitan language today and at the time of the Passatempi musicali / Giovanni Vitale.

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