The life and works of Francesco Maria Veracini / by John Walter Hill.

Author/creator Hill, John Walter, 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor, MI : UMI Research Press, ©1979.
Descriptionxi, 540 pages : music ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in musicology ; no. 3
Studies in musicology ; no. 3. ^A163772
Contents Part one. The life of F.M. Veracini. The ancestors of F.M. Veracini ; Veracini's youth in Florence (1690-1711) ; Veracini in Venice (1711-1716) ; The first stay in London and Dusseldorf (1714-1715) ; Dresden (1717-1722) ; Return to Florence (1723-1733) ; Second stay in London (1733-1745) ; The last years in Florence (1750-1768) -- Part two. The music of F.M. Veracini. Sources and dates ; The 1716 collection of sonatas ; The secular cantatas ; The concertos ; The opus I sonatas ; Miscellaneous sonatas, their styles, dates and ascriptions ; An anacreontica and eclogue ; The operas ; The opus II sonatas ; The "Dissertazioni" sonatas ; The musical examples in the treatise -- Conclusions. Appendix 1. Transcriptions of documents -- Appendix 2. Musical and textual incipits.
Abstract Reprint of dissertation from 1971 with additional biographical information and index added. This is a complete biography of Veracini based on manuscript documents and includes a comprehensive examination of Veracini's music with an attempt to place it within the context of his life and time.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 507-529) and index.
LCCN 79020453
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