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Part one. A documentary history. Instrumental music at San Marco. Organistaion of the Cappella ; Organs and organists ; The instrumental ensemble -- Instrumental music elsewhere in Venice. Parish and monastic churches ; Confraternities ; Theatres ; Orphanage-conservatories ; Academies ; Homes and palaces ; Dances ; Musical commerce -- Part two. A history of musical style. Venetian instrumental music before Gabrieli. The ricercar ; The fantasia and capriccio ; The canzona and battaglia ; The toccata and intonation ; Dance music ; Treatises and tutors -- Giovanni Gabrieli. The toccatas and intonations ; The ricercars, fugues and fantasias ; The keyboard canzonas ; The early ensemble canzonas ; The later ensemble canzonas ; The sonatas ; Gabrieli and history -- The ensemble canzona from 1600-1625. Francesco Usper ; Girllo ; Priuli ; Riccio ; Picchi ; Other contemporaries -- The sonata from 1615-1630. Monteverdi and the sonata ; Gabriel Usper ; Marini: the instrumental works to 1630 ; Castello ; Rovetta ; Scarani -- The sonata and dance from 1630-1656. Pesenti ; Neri ; Marini: later instrumental works ; Cavalli -- Instrumental music from 1656-1690. Opera and instrumental music ; Legrenzi ; Other chamber sonata and dance composers ; The Zianis: Pietr' Andrea, Marc' Antonio and Alessandro ; Fedeli -- The sonata from 1690-1710. Corelli and the sonata in Venice ; Caldara ; Gentili ; Other composers in Venice ; Dalla Bella and other provincial composers -- Albinoni. The church sonatas ; The chamber sonatas ; The suites ; The origins of the Venetian concerto ; Albinoni's string concertos ; The wind concertos ; The sinfonias ; Albinoni and history -- Vivaldi. Literature and source material ; The sonatas ; The chamber concertos ; The Ripieno concertos and sinfonias ; The concertos of opp. 3, 4, 6, and 7 ; The concertos foo pp. 8-12 ; Other concertos for strings ; Wind and brass concertos ; Concertos for large, varied ensembles ; Vivaldi and history -- The Marcellos. General trends from 1710-1740 ; Alessandro Marcello ; Benedetto Marcello ; Tessarini and other -- Retrospect and prospect. Beyond Vivaldi ; Beyond Venice -- Appendix. Musical staff of the basilica of San Marco. |
