Giovanni Maria Bononcini of Modena a chapter in Baroque instrumental music / William Klenz.
| Author/creator | Klenz, William |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Durham, N. C. : Duke University Press, 1962 [©1959-1962] |
| Description | 184, viii, 312 pages : tables, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Giovanni Maria Bononcini: vita -- The professional sphere -- Teachers and colleagues -- Bologna, the Accademie; Cazzati and Colonna -- Editions -- Dedications -- Letters to the reader -- The Sonata Da Camera: form; Italian and French sources -- The dances (1): processional and company types; Allemenade, Balletto, and Ario -- The dances (2): couple types; Corrente, Sarabanda, and Giga -- The Sonata Da Chiesa: forms, antecedents, and precedents -- The Sonate Da Chiesa of G. M. Bononcini. Form ; Style. Melody ; Tonality ; Harmony -- The canons. |
| Abstract | Here is a study of the work of the highly regarded seventeenth-century Modenese composer and theorist, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, whose fame and influence went beyond Italy to England and to Germany. He was obscured by the even greater international reputations of his sons - one was a rival of Handel in London. But the biographical details of Bononcini's own life offer an informative glimpse of the milieu and activity of a seventeenth-century court, church, and academic musician. The court of the Este family at Modena (which includes the future Queen Mary of England), and the Academia Filarmonica of Bologna - it is against this background that Bononcini comes to be seen as a significant figure in the evolution of the sonata da chiesa and the sonata da camera of the pre-Corelli epoch. Of the morphology of both these forms, Klenz has made general studies which define the innovations of the period - especially the incursion of French dance music in the sonata da camera. An account of the early years of the Accademia Filarmonica forms a central chapter of the book. There are also sections devoted to Bononcini's contemporaries: Agatea, Uccellini, Colombi, Vitali, and Colonna. Klenz's conclusion is his recognition of a Modenese instrumental tradition which antedates, is independent of, and which contributes to, the Bolognese school. |
| General note | Supplement (viii, 312 page at end) contains works of G.M. Bononcini, Maurizio Cazzati, Gio. Paola Colonna, and Marco Uccellini. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-180). |
| LCCN | 62020213 |