Neapolitan Canzone in the Early Nineteenth Century as Cultivated in the Passatempi musicali of Guillaume Cottrau

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

AvPasquale Scialò,Francesca Seller,Anthony R. DelDonna

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This volume is a multi-disciplinary study of the Neapolitan tradition of nineteenth-century song or “Canzona napoletana.” It is based on primary (original music manuscripts) and secondary (correspondence, diaries, and varied historical materials) sources recovered from Neapolitan archives, libraries, and private collections. The book takes as its focus the figure of Guillaume Cottrau (1797-1847), a musician and publisher who left a significant breadth of original songs and arrangements issued in the song collection and series entitled Passatempi musicali. Cottrau was a cultural auteur, who integrated his diverse activities as editor, folklorist, and patron of salon music and musicians (including the commissioning of original works and adaptations) to establish a tradition of Neapolitan song. This repertory was disseminated throughout Europe and ultimately the United States to great acclaim through the publication of the Passatempi musicali. The songs presented in the Passatempi musicali remain within the international repertory affiliated with Neapolitan song, including “Fenesta vascia,” “Lo guarracino,” “Cannetella,” and many others. They are, moreover, closely linked to the historical, cultural and linguistic identity of Naples and the Neapolitan diaspora. This volume is the first of its kind in the English language and offers original, unpublished research about the endeavors of Cottrau, the contemporary cultural environs, the artists and their music that established the international fame of the Neapolitan canzona.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-12-17
Mått158 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt399 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor168
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498523066

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List of figures and tablesAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPasquale Scialò, Francesca Seller, and Anthony R. DelDonna1. Haunts of an armchair traveler: the variegated world of the letters of Guillaume CottrauMassimo Distilo2. Origins, authorship, and new hypotheses about the Passatempi musicaliPasquale Scialò3. The role of Neapolitan song in comedic dramaturgy of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuriesPaologiovanni Maione4. After the Golden Age: considerations on the nature of nineteenth-century Neapolitan theaterFrancesco Cotticelli5. Guillaume Cottrau, a French-Neapolitan entrepreneurFrancesca Seller6. Musical traditions and matrices in the Passatempi musicali of Guillaume CottrauRaffaele Di Mauro7. Musical instruments in the early nineteenth-century Neapolitan salonFrancesco Nocerino8. Considerations on the Neapolitan language today and at the time of the Passatempi musicali by Guillaume CottreauGiovanni VitaleBibliographyAbout the contributors

“An impressive volume of essays, realized on primary music sources and personal correspondence, that documents the contributions of French-Neapolitan entrepreneur, composer, and editor Guillaume Cottrau to the history of Neapolitan songs with his collection of canzoni, Passatempi musicali, published in the first half of the nineteenth century. An important addition to the annals of Neapolitan song.”