The Italian cantata in Vienna : entertainment in the age of absolutism / Lawrence Bennett.

The author provides a study of the rich repertoire of accompanied vocal chamber music that entertained the imperial family in Vienna and their guests throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries. The cantata became a form of elite entertainment composed to amuse listeners during banquets or pay homa...

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Main Author: Bennett, Lawrence, 1940- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Publications of the Early Music Institute.
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