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"The phenomenon of Venetian opera in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, though of great importance both historically and artistically, is still poorly understood." A New Chronology of Venetian Opera" is without doubt the most remarkable work on Venetian opera for the period 1660-1760 to appear in many decades. To have arranged in a so homogeneous and coherent a series thousands of pieces of information of such disparate origins is in itself a titanic effort. "A New Chronology" highlights the conditions that influenced the mechanisms of production, the diverse levels of theatrical genres, and the selection of dramatic subjects." --Lorenzo Bianconi, University of Bologna
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From 1637 to the middle of the eighteenth century, Venice was the world center for operatic activity. No exact chronology of the Venetian stage during this period has previously existed in any language. This reference work, the culmination of two decades of research throughout Europe, provides a secure ordering of 800 operas and 650 related works from the period 1660 to 1760. Derived from thousands of manuscript news-sheets and other unpublished materials, the Chronology provides a wealth of new information on about 1500 works. Each entry in this production-based survey provides not only perfunctory reference information but also a synopsis of the text, eyewitness accounts, and pointers to surviving musical scores. What emerges, in addition to secure dates, is a profusion of new information about events, personalities, patronage, and the response of opera to changing political and social dynamics. Appendixes and supplements provide basic information on Venetian history for music, drama, and theater scholars who are not specialists in Italian studies.
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