The Chamber Cantatas of Antonio Vivaldi

by Michael Talbot

Detailed survey of Vivaldi's unjustly neglected chamber cantatas, showing them to stand comparison with his more famous works.

Vivaldi's chamber cantatas for solo voice, some forty in total, are steadily gaining in popularity: but because of their relatively small place in the oeuvre of a composer famed for his productivity, and also on account of the general scholarly neglect of their genre, they are little discussed in the literature. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843832011
• ISBN13: 9781843832010
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"