Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Abate Metastasio 3 Volume Paperback Set

In which are Incorporated, Translations of his Principal Letters

Charles Burney, Pietro Metastasio (Autoren)

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1364 Seiten

2010
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-01467-0 (ISBN)

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This biography, first published in 1796, recounts the life of Italian poet and librettist Pietro Trapassi (1698–1782). Alternating biographical narrative with translations of the poet's correspondence, it provides a faithful account of Metastasio's eventful life, from his recognition as a child prodigy to his successful career in Vienna.

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 his childhood and early career, Volume 2 his achievements in Vienna from 1751 to 1770, and Volume 3 his later years.

Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: Section I. Letters to Sig. d'Argenvilliers, Sig. Filipponi and Farinelli; Section II. Letters to Farinelli; Section III. Letters to Farinelli and others; Section IV. Political information to correspondents during the war between the Empress Queen and the King of Prussia; Section V. Letters to Farinelli and others; Section VI. Letters to Padre Martini and others; Section VII. Letters to Sig. D. Saverio Mattei and others. Volume 3: Section I. Correspondence with Abate Alberti and Abate Fabroni and others; Section II. Correspondence with literary and musical ladies; Section III. Personal information about Metastasio; Section IV. Letters to Farinelli; Appendix.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2010
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - Music
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	1760 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-108-01467-4 / 1108014674
ISBN-13	978-1-108-01467-0 / 9781108014670
Zustand	Neuware