The Oratorio in Bologna (1650-1730)

by Victor Crowther

Overview

Three hundred performances of oratorios were given in the salons, churches, and oratories of Bologna in the period 1659-1730. This book relates the genesis and development of oratorio in Bologna to the city's religious, political, and cultural aspirations. It is the first critical survey of this huge and largely unknown repertory, describing in detail oratorios by composers such as Bononcini, Cazzati, Colonna, and Perti.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198166351
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	08/28/2001
Series:	Oxford Monographs on Music Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Map of Bologna
1. Bologna, Second City of the Papal States
2. Patronage and the Bolognese Artistocracy
3. The Foundation of the Oratory in Bologna
4. Musical Institutions in the City
5. The Cazzati Era, 1657-74
6. Cazzati's Annunciation Cantata, Del Sovrano Regnante (1668)
7. Colonna's Latin Dialogue, Adstabat Coram (1668)
8. The Colonna Era, 1675-95
9. Colonna's Il Transito di S. Gioseppe (1678)
10. Antonii's L'Innocenza Depressa (1686)
11. Perti's La Beata Imelde (1686)
12. Bononcini's Il Giosué (1688)
13. The Perti Era, 1696-1730
14. Albergati's La Beata Caterina (1697)
15. Perti's S. Petronio (1720)
16. Conclusions
Appendix
Select Bibliography
Index of Oratorios
General Index