Italy's Primacy in Musical History
Italy's Primacy in Musical History

Author: Guy Graybill

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1527524426

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This remarkable revelatory reference work, written in a conversational style that is witty and fast-paced, argues that the Italian people did more for the development and propagation of music than any other people in the world. The book is filled with supporting data that prove this claim, showing that the first written music was an Italian creation, and that the vocabulary of music is primarily Italian. It also notes that the primary instruments were either devised or thoroughly improved by the Italians, the great musical forms, including the opera, ballet, operetta, and symphony, and that the great body of musical geniuses who were the early composers, musicians, conductors and vocalists were Italian. The book eventually closes with a telling of the great musical story to come out of the Italian-American communities.

The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music
The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music

Author: Jim Samson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-12-03

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 9780521590174

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The most informed reference book on nineteenth-century music currently available, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. Essays investigate the intellectual and socio-political history of the time, and examine topics such as nations and nationalism, the emergent concept of an avant garde, and musical styles and languages at the turn of the century. It contains a detailed chronology, and extensive glossaries.

Verdi and the Germans
Verdi and the Germans

Author: Gundula Kreuzer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-08-26

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0521519195

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This book explores how the reception of Italian opera, epitomised by Verdi, influenced changing ideas of German musical and national identity.

Singing to the Lyre in Renaissance Italy
Singing to the Lyre in Renaissance Italy

Author: Blake Wilson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 1108488072

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The first comprehensive study of the dominant form of solo singing in Renaissance Italy prior to the mid-sixteenth century.

The Routledge History of Italian Americans
The Routledge History of Italian Americans

Author: William Connell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-27

Total Pages: 915

ISBN-13: 1135046700

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The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nation’s largest ethnic groups. This history, comprising original essays by leading scholars and critics, addresses themes that include the Columbian legacy, immigration, the labor movement, discrimination, anarchism, Fascism, World War II patriotism, assimilation, gender identity and popular culture. This landmark volume offers a clear and accessible overview of work in the growing academic field of Italian American Studies. Rich illustrations bring the story to life, drawing out the aspects of Italian American history and culture that make this ethnic group essential to the American experience.

Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy
Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy

Author: Lynette Bowring

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0253060079

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Musical culture in Jewish communities in early modern Italy was much more diverse than researchers originally thought. An interdisciplinary reassessment, Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy evaluates the social, cultural, political, economic, and religious circumstances that shaped this community, especially in light of the need to recognize individual experiences within minority populations. Contributors draw from rich materials, topics, and approaches as they explore the inherently diverse understandings of music in daily life, the many ways that Jewish communities conceived of music, and the reception of and responses to Jewish musical culture. Highlighting the multifaceted experience of music within Jewish communities, Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy sheds new light on the place of music in complex, previously misunderstood environments.