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Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style
Frederick Aquilina
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Description for Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style
Hardback. This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726 - 1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 97 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AVGC4; AVGD; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 247 x 28. Weight in Grams: 818.
This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726 - 1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. Zerafa's large-scale and small-scale vocal and choral works, mostly written during his long service as musical director at the Cathedral of Mdina, have been winning increased recognition in recent years. In addition to describing and analysing this extensive corpus, the book gives an account of Zerafa's sometimes eventful career against the wider background of the rich musical ... Read more
This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726 - 1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. This book is the first-ever study of Malta's major eighteenth-century composer, Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804), a specialist in sacred music composition. Zerafa's large-scale and small-scale vocal and choral works, mostly written during his long service as musical director at the Cathedral of Mdina, have been winning increased recognition in recent years. In addition to describing and analysing this extensive corpus, the book gives an account of Zerafa's sometimes eventful career against the wider background of the rich musical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
347
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783270866
SKU
V9781783270866
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Reviews for Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style
This study by Frederick Aquilina is a nice addition to the relatively scarce bibliography on the rich repertory of sacred music in eighteenth-century Malta . . . [and is] 'the product of twenty years of research'. . . . [T]he volume is certainly an essential contribution to the rediscovery of the works of the unjustly forgotten figure of Benigno Zerafa ... Read more