Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples
Author | : Anthony DelDonna |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2020-12-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781108477611 |
ISBN-13 | : 1108477615 |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Download or read book Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples written by Anthony DelDonna and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the cultivation of instrumental genres by Neapolitan musicians and its significant stature at the royal court. Drawing on archival documents and musical sources, it paints a compelling history of local instrumental music culture and contributes to a wider ethnographic portrait of Naples in the late eighteenth-century.