Polymath of the Baroque Agostino Steffani and His Music 1st Edition by Colin Timms 1423762908 9781423762904

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ISBN 10: 1423762908 

ISBN 13: 9781423762904

Author: Colin Timms

This is the first book to consider all aspects of the life of Agostino Steffani (1654-1728), a composer, diplomat, and bishop. A remarkable figure of the late 17th and early 18th century Europe, Steffani began his career as a composer, musician, and courtier, but his accomplishments brought him high-level positions in the courts of Germany and the Catholic Church. Throughout his diplomatic and ecclesiatical career, Steffani continued to compose chamber music, vocal chamber music, operas, and sacred music–works which inspired Handel and other Baroque composers.

Table of contents:

PART I: THE LIFE
1 Castelfranco and Padua, 1654–1667
2 Munich 1667–1688
Court and Chamber Musician
Director of Chamber Music
3 Hanover 1688–1703
Musical and Operatic Background
Kapellmeister
Envoyé Extraordinaire
4 Düsseldorf 1703–1709
Statesman and Bishop
Musician
5 Apostolic Vicar of North Germany 1709–1728
The Provostship of Seltz
Problems in Padua
Retirement and Return
Coda

PART II: THE MUSIC
6 The Sacred Works
Psalmodia vespertina (1674)
Early Manuscript Works
Sacer Ianus quadrifrons (1685)
Later Manuscript Works
Doubtful Works
7 The Operas, I: General Survey
Subject and Spectacle
Steffani’s Writing for the Voice
Aria Technique and Form
Instruments and Accompaniments
Duets
Overtures and Dances
Reception
8 The Operas, II: Case Studies
Music and Drama in Alarico il Baltha
Niobe, Amphion, and Max Emanuel
Problems in the Revision of Alessandro
Ariosto, Mauro, and Steffani: Orlando generoso
Arminio: Apologia pro Pasticcio
The Question of Tassilone
9 The Chamber Music
Cantatas for Solo Voice
Chamber Duets
Other Works

Conclusion: Personality and Achievement

Appendix A: Documents
Steffani’s Autobiography (1706)
Steffani’s Letter to Giacomo Antonio Stievani (1724)
Arrangements for Opera in Munich in 1688

Appendix B: Catalogue of Steffani’s Musical Works
Appendix C: Analyses of Steffani’s Operas

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