Crowther, Victor - The Oratorio in Bologna 1650-1730

Following Victor Crowther's earlier study of the oratorio in Modena, his continuing research has led him to survey the oratorio form in the historic city of Bologna. Three hundred performances of oratorios were given in the salons, churches, and oratories of Bologna in the period 1659-1730. The author here offers the first critical survey of this huge and largely unknown repertory, describing in detail oratorios by composers such as Bononcini, Cazzati, Colonna, and Perti.

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Abbreviations
Map of Bologna
1 Bologna, Second City of the Papal States
2 Patronage and the Bolognese Artistocracy
3 The Foundation of the Oratory in Bologna
4 Musical Institutions in the City
5 The Cazzati Era, 1657-74
6 Cazzati's Annunciation Cantata, Del Sovrano Regnante (1668)
7 Colonna's Latin Dialogue, Adstabat Coram (1668)
8 The Colonna Era, 1675-95
9 Colonna's Il Transito di S. Gioseppe (1678)
10 Antonii's L'Innocenza Depressa (1686)
11 Perti's La Beata Imelde (1686)
12 Bononcini's Il Giosue (1688)
13 The Perti Era, 1696-1730
14 Albergati's La Beata Caterina (1697)
15 Perti's S. Petronio (1720)
16 Conclusions
Appendix
Select Bibliography
Index of Oratorios
General Index

Series	Oxford Monographs on Music