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The Operas
Alessandro Scarlatti
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Description for The Operas
Paperback. Series: Harvard Publications in Music. Num Pages: 153 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 240 x 12. Weight in Grams: 544.
This acclaimed edition of Alessandro Scarlatti’s operas is making available for the first time authentic versions of the works of one of the key figures in the history of the genre. In this fifth volume of the series, Colin Slim provides a definitive edition of Massimo Puppieno, an opera from the middle years of Scarlatti’s career. In his Introduction he discusses the opera and performance practices of the day. A translation of the libretto is appended. The presentation of the score itself meets the high standards set by this edition.
This acclaimed edition of Alessandro Scarlatti’s operas is making available for the first time authentic versions of the works of one of the key figures in the history of the genre. In this fifth volume of the series, Colin Slim provides a definitive edition of Massimo Puppieno, an opera from the middle years of Scarlatti’s career. In his Introduction he discusses the opera and performance practices of the day. A translation of the libretto is appended. The presentation of the score itself meets the high standards set by this edition.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Publications in Music
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674640313
SKU
V9780674640313
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About Alessandro Scarlatti
H. Colin Slim is Professor of Music at the University of California, Irvine. Donald Jay Grout is Given Foundation Professor of Musicology, Emeritus, at Cornell University.
Reviews for The Operas
For the study of the history of music, the most important event of the 1970s has been the start of a critical edition of Alessandro Scarlatti’s operas, under the direction of Donald Jay Grout.
Charles Rosen
New York Review of Books
[The edition is] warmly to be welcomed. A major musicological event.
Early Music
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Charles Rosen
New York Review of Books
[The edition is] warmly to be welcomed. A major musicological event.
Early Music
The ... Read more