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Examines the life and compositional oeuvre of prolific eighteenth
century musician, composer, and singer Marianna Martines
(1744-1813). Marianna Martines (1744-1813) was one of the most
accomplished, prolific, and highly honored female musicians of the
eighteenth century. She spent most of her life in a remarkable
household that included celebrated librettist Pietro Metastasio,
who supervised her education and remained a powerful and supportive
mentor. She studied with the young Joseph Haydn, and Vienna knew
her as a gifted, aristocratic singer and keyboard player who
performed for the pleasure of the Empress Maria Theresa. The
regular private concerts she held in her home attracted the
presence and participation of some of Vienna's leading musicians;
Mozart enjoyed playing keyboard duets with her. She composed
prolifically and in a wide variety of genres, vocal and
instrumental, writing church music, oratorios, Italian arias,
sonatas, and concertos. Much of that music survives, and those who
study it, perform it, and listen to it will be impressed today by
its craftsmanship and beauty. This book, the first volume fully
devoted to Martines, examines her life and compositional oeuvre.
Based largely on eighteenth-century printed sources, archival
documents, and letters [including several by Martines herself, most
of them published here for the first time] the book presents a
detailed picture of the small but fascinating world in which she
lived and demonstrates the skillfulness and creativity with which
she manipulated the conventions of the gallant style. Focusing on a
limited number of representative works, and using many musical
examples, it vividly conveys the nature and extent of her
compositional achievementand encourages the future performance of
her works. The late Irving Godt was Professor of Music at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania. John A. Rice, independent scholar, is a
member of the Akademie fur Mozart-Forschungin Salzburg.
This is the first book to be devoted to Mozart's opera, La clemenza
di Tito. Rice considers the opera from a variety of historical and
critical viewpoints. Tito is a political opera. The author examines
its origins in the politically unstable Habsburg Empire of 1791,
interpreting it as a response to revolutionary threats both inside
and outside the empire. Tito is also a literary opera: much of its
dramatic power lies in its libretto. Rice analyses Metastasio's
libretto and the revised version that Mozart set. The volume
explores aspects of Mozart's compositional process, the premiere in
Prague, and subsequent critical reception through the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. In a concluding chapter, Rice reviews
recent performances as well as scholarly research that sheds light
on the interpretation of the opera. The volume, which contains
illustrations of recent productions, a discography, and a
bibliography, will be of interest to students, scholars and
opera-goers.
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