Memoirs of the life and writings of the Abate Metastasio : in which are incorporated, translations of his principal letters
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Memoirs of the life and writings of the Abate Metastasio : in which are incorporated, translations of his principal letters
（Cambridge library collection, . Music）
Cambridge University Press, 2010
- v. 1
- v. 2
- v. 3
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Originally published : London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson , 1796
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 ISBN 9781108014526
Description
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 Metastasio's life from his early childhood until 1751, including his musical debut in Rome after his tutor's death, and the beginning of his career in Vienna.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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v. 2 ISBN 9781108014656
Description
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 2 covers Metastasio's successful Viennese career from 1751 to 1770, and includes the bulk of his correspondence with his friend the famous castrato Farinelli.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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v. 3 ISBN 9781108014663
Description
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 3 covers Metastasio's life and correspondence from 1770 until his death. It includes notes on Metastasio's style as well as separate chronologies of his secular dramas and oratorios.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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