The Italian Cantata in Vienna: Entertainment in the Age of Absolutism

Contents

• Preface
• List of Bibliographical Abbreviations
• List of RISM Sigla
• 1. Introduction
• The Role of Music in the Daily Lives of the Habsburgs
• The Scope of the Book
• The Secondary Literature
• The Cantata Terminology
• Forerunners of the Cantata in Vienna
• Part I: The Cantata in Vienna, 1658-1700
• 2. The Political and Cultural Milieu
• Historical Background
• Leopold I as Patron and Composer
• Habsburg Music Chapels, 1658-1700
• Occasions, Places of Performance, and Performers
• Librettists
• 3. The Composers
• Composers Who May Have Written Cantatas for Vienna During the Early
• Reign of Leopold I
• Antonio and Carlo Draghi
• Filippo Vismarri
• Carlo Cappellini
• Giovanni Battista Pederzuoli
• Antonio Maria and Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani
• German-Speaking Composers
• 4. Repertoire and Sources
• The Repertoire
• The Sources
• 5. Text and Music
• Antonio Maria Viviani
• Antonio Bertali
• Filippo Vismarri
• Carlo Cappellini
• Giovanni Battista Pederzuoli
• Antonio and Carlo Draghi
• Part II: The Cantata in Vienna, 1700-1711
• 6. The Political and Cultural Milieu
• Historical Background
• Joseph I as Patron and Composer
• Cultural Growth
• Habsburg Music Chapels, 1700-1711
• Genre Designations
• Occasions, Places of Performance, and Performers
• Librettists and Librettos
• 7. The Composers
• Carlo Agostino Badia
• Giovanni Bononcini
• Marc'Antonio Ziani
• Attilio Ariosti
• Antonio Maria Bononcini
• Composers Who May Have Written Cantatas for Vienna
• 8. Repertoire and Sources
• New Interest in the Cantata
• The Repertoire of Cantatas by Habsburg Composers
• Sources
• 9. Style Overview
• The Style Transition
• Broad Structural Plans
• Selection of Voices
• Instrumentation
• Dynamics
• Recitative and Arioso
• Aria Keys
• Continuum (Tempo/Meter)
• The Use of Devisen
• Aria Designs
• 10. Aspects of Form
• The Conventional Da Capo Design
• Variants from the Conventional Design
• Articulation of Form
• 11. Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Surface Rhythm
• Changes in Timbre
• 12. The Relationship of Text and Music
• The Text and Its Influence upon the Musical Design
• The Interactions of the Text with Melody and Rhythm
• Tone Color and Dynamics
• Descriptive Treatment of the Text
• Affective Treatment of the Text
• 13. Conclusion: The Interregnum and Its Aftermath
• The End of the War of the Spanish Succession
• The Fate of the Cantata Composers and Librettists Who Served Joseph I
• The Cantatas by Composers Residing in Vienna During the Interregum
• Appendix A: Index of Cantata Text Incipits and Sources
• Appendix B: Catalogue Raisonne of Viennese Cantata Sources
• Appendix C: Texts of Arias Analyzed in Chapters 10-12
• Notes
• Bibliography