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
Publication date:	02/03/2000
Series:	Oxford Monographs on Music
Pages:	199
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Loughborough University

Table of Contents

AbbreviationsMap of Bologna1. Bologna, Second City of the Papal States2. Patronage and the Bolognese Artistocracy3. The Foundation of the Oratory in Bologna4. Musical Institutions in the City5. The Cazzati Era, 1657-746. Cazzati's Annunciation Cantata, Del Sovrano Regnante (1668)7. Colonna's Latin Dialogue, Adstabat Coram (1668)8. The Colonna Era, 1675-959. 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, 1696-173014. Albergati's La Beata Caterina (1697)15. Perti's S. Petronio (1720)16. ConclusionsAppendixSelect BibliographyIndex of OratoriosGeneral Index