Mauro Giuliani : virtuoso guitarist and composer / Thomas F. Heck.
| Author/creator | Heck, Thomas F. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Columbus : Editions Orphée, 1995. |
| Description | xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Partial contents | Mauro Giuliani : a documentary biography -- The compositions of Mauro Giuliani. |
| Contents | Chapter one : introduction. The world into which Mauro Giuliani was born ; Giuliani's birth and death dates : from mystery to history -- Mauro Giuliani : a documentary biography. Chapter two: the early years in Italy, 1781-1806. Bisceglie and Barletta ; The emigration of Italian guitarists ; Why did they leave? ; Enroute to the north : Giuliani in Trieste, 1803 -- Chapter three : Vienna welcomes the virtuoso, 1806-1819. Giuliani's arrival in Vienna ; Remarks on Vienna's musical life at the dawn of the 19th century ; The critical reception of Giuliani in Vienna : a chronicle, a year-by-year review of the artist's life, 1806-1819 -- Chapter four : the final years in Italy, 1819-1829. The virtuoso returns, Venice and Trieste ; Musical life in Rome around 1820 ; Giuliani's arrival in Rome in 1820 ; Giuliani in Rome, 1821-1822 ; Farewell to Rome, 1823 ; The musical climate in Naples around 1823 ; Three years of struggle, 1824-1826 ; The last act, 1827-1828 ; Giuliani's publications with Girard of Naples : new light on the final years ; The curtain is drawn, 1829 ; In the wake of Giuliani : the Giulianiad, etc. -- The compositions of Mauro Giuliani. Chapter five : notational aspects of Giuliani's music. Guitar notation : a historical overview ; Witnesses to the transition from tablature to staff notation ; Prescriptive vs. descriptive guitar notation ; Giuliani's 'intermediate' guitar notation ; The 'advanced' stage of guitar notation ; Giuliani's notation and the guitar's idiomatic resources ; The ascending and descending slur ; The glissando ; The ornamenting of individual notes ; The strum ; Variation of timbre ; Harmonics ; Tremolo ; Dynamic -- Chapter six : Giuliani's significance as a composer. Taking Giuliani on his own terms ; 'Correct' employment of the guitar ; 'Correct' harmonies ; Remarks on the works with and without opus number ; The compositional genres in which Giuliani excelled ; Concertos ; Ensembles ; Duets for melody instrument and guitar ; Duets for two guitars ; Works for solo guitar. The theme with variations ; Sonatas and sonata form ; Studies ; Preludes ; Sets of dances ; Transcriptions ; The Rossiniane ; Musical textures and the guitar ; The 'Guitarism' ; Conclusion -- The compositions of Mauro Giuliani : a checklist of the earliest editions. Abbreviations ; Works with opus number ; Works without opus number -- Appendices. Source documents in original languages ; Formal diagrams of the first movement of each of Giuliani's three concertos ; Giuliani's op. 49, Six Variations on I bin a Kohlbauern Bub ; Samples of Giuliani's autograph hand : Excerpt of the score of op. 147, part 1, no. 3 ; Excerpt of Giuliani's letter to Domenico Artaria, dated 25 Sept. 1827 ; Layout and pagination of The Giulianiad (London, 1833-35). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 95017327 |
| ISBN | 0936186879 |