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PER MUSICA Beiträge zur Geschichte, Theorie und Kritik des Musiktheaters [Articles on the history, theory and criticism of music theatre] Series Editor: Richard Bletschacher All volumes 17 x 23 cms, generously illustrated, and sewn in soft covers | |
dpm 1 RICHARD BLETSCHACHER Rappresentazione sacra Geistliches Musikdrama am Wiener Kaiserhof 1660-1725 [Rappresentazione sacra. Sacred music drama at the imperial court in Vienna 1660-1725] In addition to the lives of the relevant poets and composers, this volume also contains seven selected librettos in the original Italian and in German translation. Kaiser Leopold I.: Il figliuol prodigo / 'Der verlorene Sohn', 1663 P. A. Ziani: Assalone punito / 'Die Bestrafung des Absalom', 1667 Kaiser Leopold I.: Il lutto dell'universo / 'Die Trauer des Weltalls', 1668 A. Draghi: L'eternità sogetta al tempo / 'Die Ewigkeit unterwirft sich der Zeit', 1683 A. Draghi: La vita nella morte / 'Das Leben im Tode', 1688 J. J. Fux: La fede sacrilega / 'Der frevelhafte Schwur', 1714 F. Conti: David, 1724 ISBN 978-3-900270-10-0 (1985), 272 pages |
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2 HERBERT SEIFERT Der Sig-prangende Hochzeit-Gott Hochzeitsfeste am Wiener Hof der Habsburger und ihre Allegorik 1622-1699 [The wedding God in all his glory. Wedding celebrations at the Habsburg court in Vienna, and the allegory lying behind them.] At seventeenth-century courts, the most important music drama performances were mounted for weddings. 'Weddings are soon followed by alliances' – the magnificent spectacles were not put on simply for entertainment's sake. This cross-disciplinary book is amply illustrated and presents a wealth of detail in highly readable form. ISBN 978-3-900270-13-1 (1988), 132 pages |
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J. Peri: L'Euridice 1600 |
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4 ANDREA SOMMER-MATHIS Tu felix Austria nube Hochzeitsfeste der Habsburger im 18. Jahrhundert [Tu felix Austria nube. Habsburg wedding celebrations in the eighteenth century.] This book, a continuation of the second volume in the dpm series, gives a
well- illustrated and detailed description of eighteenth-century Habsburg
wedding celebrations. Historically speaking, the book spans the period from
Emperor Charles VI to Franz II (I), taking in Maria Theresa and her children
on its path; from the point of view of music drama, the book ranges from Antonio
Caldara through Johann Adolph Hasse to Gluck and Mozart, and from Apostolo
Zeno and Pietro Pariati through Pietro Metastasio to Lorenzo da Ponte. The
book not only presents the celebrations mounted at the Vienna court but also
those put on in parallel in Barcelona, Dresden, Munich, Parma, Innsbruck, Naples,
Paris and Milan, thus treating the reader to a colourful panorama of the culture
of celebration as it was cultivated and practised all over Europe in the |
