| Contents |
Order, connection, and proportion -- The concerto in context -- Assembling the elements: towards the Vivaldian revolution -- "Vivaldi is a deviant Vivaldian" -- Vivaldi modulando -- Vivaldi and the recapitulation -- Rome: renovating tradition -- The Venetian orbit -- From Venice across the Alps -- Platti and D'Alai: the common taste -- Bologna: overthrowing tradition -- A tale of two cities: Milan and Vienna -- Turin and the French connection -- Padua, Tartini and "la maggior perfezione del buon gusto" -- The malleable model. |
| Abstract |
The Italian solo concerto, a vast and important repertoire of the early to mid eighteenth century, is known generally only through a dozen concertos by Vivaldi and a handful of works by Albinoni and Marcello. The authors aim to bring this repertoire to greater prominence and have, since 1995, been involved in a research programme of scoring and analysing over eight hundred concertos, representing nearly the entire repertoire available in early prints and manuscripts. Drawing on this research, they present a detailed study and analysis of first-movement ritornello form, the central concept that enabled composers to develop musical thinking on a large scale. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-365) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004004670 |
| ISBN | 1843830922 (hardback : alk. paper) |
