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This up-to-date guide includes an annotated bibliography which identifies and discusses selected articles, books, and dissertations about the composers' lives and works. The guide focuses on recent studies and major review articles which discuss them and points to areas that still have to be investigated. It also includes extensive lists of modern editions, published and unpublished, as well as discographies of recordings that have current and historical interest. Some of the discussions in the guide examine the Scarlattis' relationships to other composers, the cultural milieu in which each worked, questions of performance practice, and other research problems. ... Read more

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Donald Grout's widely praised edition of the work of a key figure in the history of opera provides the most reliable version of the score for each opera, appending a translation of the libretto. These volumes are "at once practical and unquestionably scholarly" in the words of Opera Journal. A tale of love and honor in the opera seria tradition, Tigrane was first performed at Naples in 1715. This edition of it will please performance groups and music historians alike.

Donald Jay Grout is Given Foundation Professor of Musicology Emeritus, Cornell University; Michael Coffins is Professor of Music, North Texas State University.

Operas already available: Eraclea, Marco Attilia Regolo, Griselda, The Faithful Princess, Massimo Puppieno, La Caduta de' Decemviri, and Gli Equivoci nel Sernbiante.

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This widely praised publication of the work of a key figure in the history of opera provides the most reliable version of the score for each opera, appending a translation of the libretto. La Statira is the ninth opera available in the edition, which is under the general editorship of Donald Jay Grout.

La Statira was first performed in Rome in January 1690, to inaugurate the carnival season for that year. The opera, with libretto by Cardinal Ottoboni, recounts the story of Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius, King of Persia, and his love for Statira, daughter of Darius. Alexander's bravery and magnanimity were favorite subjects of operatic librettists in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his introduction William Holmes sketches the opera's history and discusses performance questions.

William C. Holmes is Professor of Music, University of California, Irvine.

Operas already available: ,i>Eraclea, Marco Attilio Regolo, Griselda, The Faithful Princess, Massimo Puppieno, La Caduta dé Decemviri, Gli Equivoci nel Sembiante, and Tigrane.

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This acclaimed edition of Scarlatti's operas is making available authentic versions of the works of one of the key figures in the history of opera. La Caduta (1697) is a pivotal work, bridging the composer's middle and late stylistic periods. It is the first of several collaborations with the noted librettist Silvio Stampiglia, whose characteristic intermingling of serious and comic elements is particularly effective in this work. In her introduction, Hermine Williams discusses the opera itself and performance practices. A translation of the libretto is provided.

Hermine Weigel Williams is Lecturer in Religion and the Arts, Hamilton College.

The Scarlatti operas now published are Eraclea, Marco Attilio Regolo, Griselda, The Faithful Princess, and Massimo Puppieno.

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This acclaimed edition is making available authentic versions of the works of a key figure in the history of opera.

Gli equivoci nel sembiante (1679), Scarlatti's first opera, is a comedy of mistaken identities and amorous intrigues in the pastoral mode. It was one of the most popular and widely performed works of the composer's long career. A small cast and simple scenic requirements make it an ideal work for performances today.

In preparing the score presented here, Frank A. D'Accone compared the six extant manuscripts. His introduction sketches the opera's history and discusses performance practice. A translation of the libretto is appended.

Donald Jay Grout is Given Foundation Professor of Musicology Emeritus, Cornell University Frank A. D'Accone is Professor of Music, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scarlatti operas already published: Eraclea, Marco Attilio Regolo, Griselda, The Faithful Princess, Massimo Puppieno, and La Caduta de' Decemviri.

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This acclaimed edition of Scarlatti's operas is making available for the first time authentic versions of the works of one of the key figures in the history of the genre. In this fifth volume of the series, Cohn Slim provides a definitive edition of Massimo Puppieno, an opera from the middle years of Scarlatti's career. In his introduction he discusses the opera and performance practices of the day. A translation of the libretto is included.

H. Cohn Slim is Professor of Music, University of California, Irvine.

Other operas available are Eraclea, Marco Attilio Regolo, Griselda, and The Faithful Princess.

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Title: Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti: A Guide to Research.
Author: Malcolm Boyd
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1994
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: v51Issue: n1Page: p116(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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