| Contents |
Part one. A documentary history. Instrumental music at San Marco. Organisation of the cappella ; Organs and organists ; The instrumental ensemble -- Instrumental music elsewhere in Venice. Parish and monastic churches ; Confraternities ; Theatres ; Orphanage-conservatories ; Academies ; Homes and palaces ; Dances ; Musical commerce -- Part two. A history of musical style. Venetian instrumental music before Gabrieli. The ricercar ; The fantasia and capriccio ; The canzona and battaglia ; The toccata and intonation ; Dance music ; Treatises and tutors -- Giovanni Gabrieli. The toccatas and intonations ; The ricercars, fugues and fantasias ; The keyboard canzonas ; The early ensemble canzonas ; The later ensemble canzonas ; The sonatas ; Gabrieli and history -- The ensemble canzona from 1600 to 1625. Francesco Usper ; Grillo ; Priuli ; Riccio ; Picchi ; Other contemporaries -- The sonata from 1615-1630. Monteverdi and the sonata ; Gabriel Usper ; Marini: the instrumental works to 1630 ; Castello ; Rovetta ; Scarami -- The sonata and dance from 1630-1656. Pesenti ; Neri ; Marini: later instrumental works ; Cavalli -- Instrumental music form 1656-1690. Opera and instrumental music ; Legrenzi ; Other chamber sonata and dance composers ; The Zianis: Pietr' Andrea, Marc' Antonio and Alessandro ; Fedeli -- The sonata from 1690-1710. Corelli and the sonata in Venice ; Caldara ; Gentili ; Other composers in Venice ; Dalla Bella and other provincial composers -- Albinoni. The church sonatas ; The chamber sonatas ; The suites ; The origins of the Venetian concerto ; Albinoni's string concertos ; The wind concertos ; The sinfonias ; Albinoni and history -- Vivaldi. Literature and source material ; The sonatas ; The chamber concertos ; The ripieno concertos and sinfonias ; The concertos of opp. 3, 4, 6 and 7 ; The concertos of opp. 8-12 ; Other concertos for strings ; Wind and brass concertos ; Concertos for large, varied ensembles ; Vivaldi and history -- The Marcellos. General trends from 1710-1740 ; Alessandro Marcello ; Benedetto Marcello ; Tessarini and others -- Retrospect and prospect. Beyond Vivaldi ; Beyond Venice -- Addenda to the text. Part one. Instrumental music at San Marco ; Instrumental music elsewhere in Venice -- Part two. Instrumental music before Gabrieli ; Givoanni Gabrieli ; The canzona and sonata from 1600-1630 ; The sonata from 1630-1690 ; The sonata from 1690-1710 ; Albinoni ; Vivaldi ; The Marcellos ; Retrospect and prospect -- Appendix. Musical staff of the basilica of San Marco -- Appendix g. The doge's Piffari. |
| Abstract |
The school of musicians who lived and worked in Venice during this fruitful period is of special interest because it endured for over 150 years without a significant break. How that continuity was maintained - and the remarkable music produced in that time - is the principal focus of Part One of this study, which chronicles the history of instrumental music in the Cathedral of San Marco and throughout Venice's parish churches, theaters, academies, homes and palazzos. In part two, the author presents a history of musical style before Gabrieli, examines the development of the canzona, sonata and concerto, and traces the musical careers of such important figures as Giovanni Gabrieli, Albinoni, Vivaldi and the Marcellos. Her far-ranging scholarship provides a clear account of ensemble music in this important epoch, and a more intimate understanding of the musicians and composers who created it, supported by many musical examples and illustrations. |
