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The article concerns the Pietà's figlie di coro and their teachers in general, introducing Vivaldi merely as one prominent figure among others. But for the first time one is enabled to take the measure of the Pietà as an institution ...
This book includes illustrations of eighteenth-century Venice and several newly translated letters.
Vivaldi is a book for anyone who's ever felt alone, anyone who's ever worried or been anxious, and anyone who knows what a difference one friend can make.
This detailed guide examines the work's origin and construction in a way that enables the reader to distinguish what is extraordinary about the Seasons and what constitutes the composer's customary method of 'characterising' the solo ...
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses. Unlike other composer biographies that...