Italian Cantata In Vienna : Entertainment In The Age of Absolutism.

Vocal chamber music entertained the imperial family in Vienna throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries. This book looks at the music composed at the Habsburg court by Italian composers during this time, and places the music in social and cultural contexts. With a preface, introduction, notes, bibliography, and index. Three appendices. Music examples.

xvi, 368 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 0253010187
ISBN13: 9780253010186