Allsop, Peter - Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli presents a much-needed reappraisal of the life and works of this phenomenally successful composer set against the lavish setting of seventeenth-century Rome, and exploring the paths by which his music became established as `models of perfection' for generations to come.

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CONTENTS

List of Plates
List of Tables
Abbreviations
The Man
1 The Legend: Fact and Fiction
2 Il Bolognese
3 Rome: The Early Years
4 Rome: The Late Years
The Music
5 The Free Sonatas a 3 (1)
6 The Free Sonatas a 3 (2)
7 The Sonate da Camera a 3
8 The `Solo' Sonatas
9 The Concerti Grossi
10 The Italian Legacy
11 Dissemination
Bibliography
Musical Examples
Index

Series	Oxford Monographs on Music