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1905 printed in London; rounded outer spine. Embossed line-drawing portrait of Scarlatti with tissue covering. ... Read more

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Chapters: List of Operas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Griselda, Tigrane, Il Trionfo Dell'onore, Mitridate Eupatore. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Griselda is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, the last of Scarlatti's operas to survive completely today. The libretto is by Apostolo Zeno, with revisions by an anonymous author. Zeno wrote his work in 1701 and it had already been set by Pollarolo and Antonio Maria Bononcini (Albinoni, Giovanni Bononcini and Vivaldi would later produce versions). It is based on the story of Patient Griselda from Boccaccio's Decameron. Scarlatti's opera was first performed at the Teatro Capranica, Rome in January, 1721 with an all-male cast (five castratos and a tenor). The opera begins with a conventional three-movement Italian overture followed by the basic musical constituent of the recitative-aria format. Many of the arias are imposing pieces, accompanied mostly by full strings, often with woodwind support. Scarlatti also used horns prominently in the embarkation scene in Act 1, the hunting scene in Act 2, and the garden scene in Act 3. Unusually in such a late work, Scarlatti accompanies the recitatives, after the first four bars, with continuo only until the strings return in the final scene to add fervour to Griselda's last and successful plea for Gualtiero's mercy. Years before the action begins, Gualtiero, King of Sicily, had married a poor shepherdess, Griselda. The marriage was deeply unpopular with the king's subjects and when a daughter, Costanza, was born, the king had to pretend to have her killed while secretly sending her to be brought up by Prince Corrado of Apulia. Now, faced with another rebellion from the Sicilians, Gualtiero is forced to renounce Griselda a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22142983 ... Read more

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Chapters: Alessandro Scarlatti, Vincenzo Bellini, Franco Battiato, Salvatore Sciarrino, Claudio Pari, Sigismondo D'india, Giovanni Sollima, Ignazio Pollice, Enzo Rao, Cataldo Amodei. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Franco Battiato (born 23 March 1945) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. He is considered one of the most original personalities in Italian music from the 1970s to now. Together with Alice, Franco Battiato represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the melody "I treni di Tozeur". Battiato's songs are dreamy, controversial collages of images and sensations, very experimental and convoluted, rich of esoteric, philosophical and East Asian religious themes. His collaborations (from 1994 onward) with the nihilistic-cynical philosopher Manlio Sgalambro have added further depth to his apparently nonsensical lyrics, with references to Emil Cioran, Friedrich Nietzsche and other anarchistic and problematic thinkers. Franco Battiato was born in Jonia di Riposto, in the province of Catania (Sicily). At the age of 20 he moved to Milan and in 1968 he obtained the first musical contract. He scored some success with the romantic song È l'amore. After further covers of pop songs, he met the experimental musician Juri Camisasca in 1970 and collaborated with Osage Tribe, an Italian psychedelic-progressive rock band. As a solo artist, he released the science-fiction single La convenzione (The convention), one of the finest Italian progressive rock songs of the 1970s. Starting from 1971, Battiato devoted much of his efforts to experimental electronic music, producing a series of LPs that remained almost unknown at the time, but are now eagerly sought by collectors ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2074411 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Antonio Vivaldi, Luigi Boccherini, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Pirro Albergati, Bernardo Pasquini, Pietro Guglielmi, Giuseppe Maria Cambini, Antonio Veracini, Pasquale Cafaro, Antonio Maria Bononcini, Carlo Grua, Ferdinando Bertoni. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, né le 4 mars 1678 à Venise et mort le 28 juillet 1741 à Vienne, était un violoniste et compositeur italien. Vivaldi a été l'un des virtuoses du violon les plus admirés de son temps (« incomparable virtuose du violon » selon un témoignage contemporain) ; il est également reconnu comme l'un des plus importants compositeurs de la période baroque, en tant qu'initiateur principal du concerto de soliste, genre dérivé du concerto grosso. Son influence, en Italie comme dans toute l'Europe, a été considérable, et peut se mesurer au fait que Bach ait adapté et transcrit plus d'œuvres de Vivaldi que de n'importe quel autre musicien. Son activité s'est exercée dans les domaines de la musique instrumentale, particulièrement au violon, et de celui de la musique lyrique, et elle a donné lieu à la création d'un nombre considérable de concertos, sonates, opéras, pièces religieuses: il se targuait de pouvoir composer un concerto plus vite que le copiste ne pouvait le transcrire. Prêtre catholique, sa chevelure rousse le fit surnommer il Prete rosso, « Le Prêtre roux », sobriquet peut-être plus connu à Venise, que son véritable nom ainsi que le rapporte Goldoni dans ses Mémoires. Comme ce fut le cas pour de nombreux compositeurs du siècle, sa musique, de même que son nom, fut vite oubliée après sa mort. Elle ne devait retrouver un certain intérêt auprès des érudits qu'au siècle, à la faveur de la redécouverte de Je...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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This acclaimed edition of Scarlatti's operas is making available authentic versions of the works of one of the key figures in the history of opera. La Caduta (1697) is a pivotal work, bridging the composer's middle and late stylistic periods. It is the first of several collaborations with the noted librettist Silvio Stampiglia, whose characteristic intermingling of serious and comic elements is particularly effective in this work. In her introduction, Hermine Williams discusses the opera itself and performance practices. A translation of the libretto is provided.

Hermine Weigel Williams is Lecturer in Religion and the Arts, Hamilton College.

The Scarlatti operas now published are Eraclea, Marco Attilio Regolo, Griselda, The Faithful Princess, and Massimo Puppieno.

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Chapters: Alessandro Scarlatti, Dalida, Giovanni Gabrieli, Demetrio Stratos, Mina, Alice, Lucio Battisti, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Domenico Dragonetti, Tony Croatto, Alexia, Carmen Villani, Lara Saint Paul, Maurizio Bianchi, Enzo Jannacci, Giuseppe Sarti, Giovanni Bottesini, Kristian Sensini, Iva Zanicchi, Niccolò Piccinni, Andrea Gabrieli, Maria Pia de Vito, Nino Marcelli, Ulderico Marcelli, Carlo Pedini, Massimo Morsello, Mario Finzi, Luigi Tarisio, Domenico Brescia, Nacci Alberto, Gianna Nannini, Cotik, Giovanni Battista Martini, Nicola Samale, Nico Fidenco, Caravelli, Giancarlo Mici, Dj Miko, Maurizio de Jorio, Giovanni Mirabassi, Manuel de Peppe, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Riccardo Tesi, Luca Turilli, Elio Martusciello, Alessandra Celletti, Luca Carboni, Anna Guarini, Renato Carosone, Roberto Musci, Domenico Capuano, Atrax Morgue, Dimitri Nicolau, Rafe Stefanini, Giuliano Modarelli, Toni Dalli, S-Tone Inc., Carlo Farina, Los Tnt, Claudio Simonetti, Fausto Papetti, Ignazio Albertini, Morgan, Antonio Forcione, Giorgio Antoniotto, Roberto Ruscitti, Giovanni Battista Riccio, Guido Ponzini, Paolo Lorenzani, Luigi Ricci, Giuliano Belotti, Nicola Conte, Jeronimo Bassano, Tarquinia Molza, Teho Teardo, Alessandro Carbonare, Guido ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Peter I of Russia, Alessandro Scarlatti, Jonathan Wild, Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena, Giuseppe Mazzuoli, Joseph Collett, John Lovewell, Ralph Thoresby, Arai Hakuseki, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Peter Plogojowitz, Paul de Rapin, Mir Mahmud Hotaki, Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, John Gow, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Katherine Fitzgerald, Viscountess Grandison, Johann Philipp Krieger, Henry Levett, Donald Maclean, 3rd Laird of Brolas, John Bellers, Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, Salomon Franck, Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth, William Coward, Gemelli Careri, René de Froulay de Tessé, Leendert Hasenbosch, Sophia Von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington, Erik Carlsson Sjöblad, Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Yinreng, Robert de Visée, Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth of Galway, John Wise, Charles Christian Reisen, Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Alicia D'anvers, Nguyễn Phúc Chu, Bernard Lens Ii, Hans Herr, Florent Carton Dancourt, Maria Romberg, Francis Gastrell, Johann Philipp Von Wurzelbauer, Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet, José Benito de Churriguera, Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi, Walling Van Winkle, Alexander Nisbet, Nikita Demidov, Henry Pelham, Edward Jeffreys, Louis D'aubusson de La Feuillade, James Barry (Irish Mp, 1661-1725), Jean François de Bette, Marquis of Lede, Charles-François Poerson, Louis Chéron, Louis Phélypeaux, Marquis de La Vrillière, John Calley, Christian Friedrich Heinecken, Christian Wernicke, Jacques Eléonor Rouxel de Grancey, Charles de La Rue, Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé, James Terry, Giuseppe Gambarini, Pierre de Montesquiou D'artagnan, Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Antoine V de Gramont, Richard Fiddes, Simon Affleck, Francis Edwardes, Johan Fredrik Peringskiöld, John Pratt, Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, Stanisław Ledóchowski, Be...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=44356 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Frédéric François, Guillaume Ier de Sicile, Alessandro Scarlatti, Frank Nitti, Rosalie de Palerme, Salvatore Giuliano, Caecilius de Calé Acté, Jo Prestia, Tommaso Napoli, Santo Barracato, Alborosie, Giovanni Battista Landolina, Melissa Panarello, Léon Ii, Giuseppe Battista Balsamo, Étienne Iii, Manfred D'athènes, Paolo Labisi, Pietro Gravina, Michelangelo Celesia, Antonio Gagini, Francesco Di Paola Villadecani, Michele Navarra, Jean D'aragon, Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè, Flavius Mithridate, Alonzo Di Benedetto, Stefano Bontate, Luciano Liggio, Salvatore Greco, Salvatore Siviliare, Pellegrino Morano, Sylvie de Rome, Michele Greco. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Frédéric Francois (de son vrai nom Francesco Barracato) né le 3 juin 1950 à Lercara Friddi en Sicile, Italie, est un chanteur-compositeur belge d'origine italienne. En 2009, après 40 ans de carrière, Frédéric François reste un des plus célèbres interprètes francophones. Ses tournées affichent complet. Ses ventes de disques avoisinent les 35 millions d'exemplaires. Il a obtenu 85 disques d'or, singles et albums confondus, 15 videos et DVD d'or. Il a enregistré quelque 350 chansons, en quatre langues. Né le 3 juin 1950 dans une famille très modeste de Lercara Friddi en Sicile, Francesco Barracato est le second enfant de Nina et Peppino Barracato. A sa naissance, sa mère est couturière à Lercara tandis que son père est mineur en Belgique dans le bassin houiller de Liège. En 1951, Nina et ses deux fils rejoignent le père à Tilleur, à 8 km de Liège. Francesco Barracato grandit dans une famille de huit enfants. Peppino chante pour le plaisir des chansons napolitaines et des airs d'opéra en s'accompagnant lui-même à la guitare. Le jeune ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Kapitel: Alessandro Scarlatti, Salvatore Sciarrino, Vincenzo Bellini, Emanuele D'astorga, Fabio Romano, Sebi Tramontana, Giusy Ferreri, Cavalleria Rusticana, Giorgio Occhipinti, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Gianni Gebbia, Pippo Pollina, Giovanni Pacini, Tarantella, Franco Battiato, Carmen Consoli, Lucia Aliberti, Rosa Balistreri, Bino, Salvatore Bonafede, Fabrizio Puglisi, Enzo Sutera, Francesco Pennisi, Franco Ferrara, Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Marcella Bella, Etta Scollo, Francesco Cafiso, Gerardina Trovato, Giovanni Sollima, Gianni Bella, Manuel Zurria, Silvia Salemi, Antonio Pasculli, Mario Biondi, Vincenzo Gallo, Umberto Balsamo. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Alessandro Scarlatti (2 May 1660 - 24 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Scarlatti was born in Palermo, then part of the Kingdom of Sicily. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, and some theorize that he had some connection with northern Italy because his early works seem to show the influence of Stradella and Legrenzi. The production at Rome of his opera Gli Equivoci nell sembiante (1679) gained him the support of Queen Christina of Sweden (who at the time was living in Rome), and he became her Maestro di Cappella. In February 1684 he became Maestro di Cappella to the viceroy of Naples, perhaps through the influence of his sister, an opera singer, who might have been the mistress of an influential Neapolitan noble. Here he produced a long series of operas, remarkable chiefly for their fluency and expressiveness, as well as other music for state occasions. In 1702 Scarlatti left Naples and did not return until the Spanish domination had been superseded by that of the Austrians. In the interval he enjoyed the pa...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: Alessandro Scarlatti, Pope Alexander Vii, Arcangelo Corelli, Pope Urban Viii, Pope Innocent X, Pope Benedict Xiii, Pope Paul V, Pope Gregory Xv, Pope Clement Viii, Alessandro Allori, Pope Alexander Viii, Pope Clement X, Pope Innocent Xii, Pope Leo Xi, Francesco Andreini, Pope Innocent Xiii, Pope Clement Xi, Pope Clement Ix, Paolo Agostino, Giacomo Carissimi, Luigi Rossi, Bernardino Baldi, Francesco Cavalli, Cosimo Iii De' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Mary of Modena, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Anna Maria Luisa De' Medici, Gian Gastone De' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Paolo Sarpi, Scipione Borghese, Ferrante Pallavicino, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ferdinando De' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Evangelista Torricelli, Anne Juliana Gonzaga, Ferdinando Ii De' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Anna De' Medici, Ferdinando I De' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Eleonora De' Medici, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Cosimo Ii De' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Francesca Caccini, Domenico Ii Contarini, Princess of Carignan, Niccolò Zucchi, Francesco Scipione, Marchese Di Maffei, Pierluigi Carafa, Ludovico Ludovisi, Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli, Vittoria Della Rovere, Mattias De' Medici, Margherita De' Medici, Bernardo Storace, Rinaldo D'este, Duke of Modena, Carlo Ruzzini, Camilla Faà, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Eleanor Gonzaga, Eleonor Gonzaga, Gemelli Careri, Margherita Gonzaga D'este, Francesco Morosini, Claudio Pari, Francesco I D'este, Duke of Modena, Francesco Solimena, Silvestro Valiero, Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, Francesco Erizzo, Victor Amadeus, Prince of Piedmont, Alvise Contarini, Giuseppe Torelli, Leonardo Donato, Hieronymus Fabricius, Jacopo Ligozzi, Alessandro Turchi, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Pietro De' Medici, Antonio Magliabechi, Orfeo Boselli, Antonio Possevino...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1576137 ... Read more