A History of the Oratorio Vol. 1: the Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Italy, Vienna, Paris |
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| Author:
| Smither, Howard E. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-3774-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume is the first of a four-volume comprehensive study that offers a new synthesis of what is known to date about the oratorio. Volume 1, divided into three parts, opens with the examination of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque antecedents and origins of the oratorio, with emphasis on Rome and Philip Neri's Congregation of the Oratory and with special attention to the earliest works for which the term 'oratorio' seems appropriate. The second part recounts the...
More DescriptionThis volume is the first of a four-volume comprehensive study that offers a new synthesis of what is known to date about the oratorio. Volume 1, divided into three parts, opens with the examination of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque antecedents and origins of the oratorio, with emphasis on Rome and Philip Neri's Congregation of the Oratory and with special attention to the earliest works for which the term 'oratorio' seems appropriate. The second part recounts the development of the oratorio in Italy, circa 1640-1720.