Song and Season
Science, Culture, and Theatrical Time in Early Modern Venice. By Eleanor Selfridge-Field. * A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760. By Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10656200 |
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| Authors | Jonathan E Glixon (University of Kentucky, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 681-683 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music and Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-4224 • E-ISSN: 1477-4631 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ml/gcp023 |
| OpenAlex | W1548172976 |
| Language | EN |
The difficulties in establishing a chronology of Venetian opera have plagued scholars for centuries. Most attempts have been based on libretti, complete collections of which survive in several libraries. Unfortunately, because of the simultaneous use of two different calendars, the standard one with the year beginning on 1 January and the Venetian one starting with 1 March, many libretti present confusing or even contradictory information. In A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660–1760, Eleanor Selfridge-Field, using sources not fully exploited before, has resolved nearly all the problems. The author has worked for many years with the manuscript and printed news sheets that appeared regularly in Venice during this period (see Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Pallade veneta: Writings on Music in Venetian Society, 1650–1750 (Venice, 1985)), and these turn out to answer most of the dating questions raised by the libretti. The news sheets themselves can be firmly dated,...
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Chronology · Field (mathematics) · Literature · Opera · Diverse Musicological Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Musicology and Musical Analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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