Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Abate Metastasio

In Which Are Incorporated, Translations of His Principal Letters
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-01452-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Music

This three-volume biography, first published in 1796, recounts the colourful life of the popular Italian poet and librettist Pietro Trapassi (1698–1782), better known by his pseudonym Metastasio. Charles Burney (1726–1814), a British composer and the author of a celebrated four-volume History of Music published between 1776 and 1789, interweaves his own accounts of the poet's life with Metastasio's original letters translated into English. Metastasio's posthumously published correspondence with his friends and patrons provides the essential thread to understanding his complex life and affairs. The son of a shopkeeper, Metastasio was adopted as a young boy by the director of the Arcadian Academy, Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, who was charmed by the child's extraordinary talent for improvising poetry. Volume 1 covers Metastasio's life from his early childhood until 1751, including his musical debut in Rome after his tutor's death, and the beginning of his career in Vienna.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burney, Charles

Metastasio, Pietro Antonio

Metastasio, Pietro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Opernmusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Barock (ca. 1600-1750)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I. Birth - Naples - Rome; Section II. Arrival at Vienna; Section III. Extracts of letters to his brother; Section IV. Productions in 1733 - Correspondence with Bettinelli; Section V. Consequences of the demise of the Emperor Charles VI, and the subsequent war; Section VI. Correspondence with Farinelli; Section VII. Further correspondence with Farinelli; Section VIII. Connecting period; Section IX. Further correspondence with Farinelli.