Author:
Baragwanath, Nicholas.
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Descriptionxx, 407 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Musical traditions in nineteenth-century Italy. The Italian schools -- An introduction to the primary sources -- Puccini and the end of the great tradition -- Studies in Lucca and Milan. Composition as craft -- The Istituto musicale in Lucca -- Scarpia and the Partimento Cadence -- The Conservatorio di Milano -- Lessons in dramatic composition I: Rhythm. Rhythm without measure, accent without beat -- Rules of versification, Lippmann's rhythmic-musical types, and two case studies -- Historical survey of writings on Ritmo -- Short case studies from Bellini and Puccini -- Lessons in dramatic composition II: Harmony and counterpoint. The Partimento 'Tradition' -- Michele Puccini's Corso pratico di contrappunto (1846) -- The Bolognese attachment, or "Little keys for winding clocks" -- Regular motions and melodic composition -- Lessons in dramatic composition III: Affect, imitation, and conduct. Dominant affects and their movements -- Physical and sentimental imitation -- Form and conduct -- Case studies from Verdi, Boito, and Puccini -- Vocalizzi, Solfeggi, and real (or ideal) compositions. Lessons in singing and counterpoint -- Lessons in singing and Solfeggio -- From Solfeggio to ideal composition in Puccini (and Bellini).
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-391) and indexes.
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