{"product_id":"the-neapolitan-canzone-in-the-early-nineteenth-century-as-cultivated-in-the-passatempi-musicali-of-guillaume-cottrau-9781498523066","title":"The Neapolitan Canzone in the Early Nineteenth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is a multi-disciplinary study of the Neapolitan tradition of nineteenth-century song or Canzona napoletana. It is based on primary (original music manuscripts) and secondary (correspondence, diaries, and varied historical materials) sources recovered from Neapolitan archives, libraries, and private collections. The book takes as its focus the figure of Guillaume Cottrau (1797-1847), a musician and publisher who left a significant breadth of original songs and arrangements issued in the song collection and series entitled Passatempi musicali. Cottrau was a cultural auteur, who integrated his diverse activities as editor, folklorist, and patron of salon music and musicians (including the commissioning of original works and adaptations) to establish a tradition of Neapolitan song. This repertory was disseminated throughout Europe and ultimately the United States to great acclaim through the publication of the Passatempi musicali. The songs presented in the Passatempi musicali \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An impressive volume of essays, realized on primary music sources and personal correspondence, that documents the contributions of  French-Neapolitan entrepreneur, composer, and editor Guillaume Cottrau to the history of Neapolitan songs with his collection of canzoni, Passatempi musicali, published in the first half of the nineteenth century. An important addition to the annals of Neapolitan song.” -- Luigi Bonaffini, Brooklyn College\u003cbr\u003e\"The first full account on the origins of the Neapolitan canzone, a genre still alive and popular nowadays. A book that presents a rich interdisciplinary discussion of the fascinating repertory of Neapolitan vocal chamber music, as well as of the life and culture on nineteenth-century Naples at the dawn of music industry.\" -- Guido Olivieri, University of Texas Austin\u003cbr\u003e“This book shows how even before the rise of the Tin Pan Alley music industry in New York City, Guillaume Cottrau created a model that had all the essential elements for the launching of a popular-song market that targeted the middle classes. This wonderful collection of essays helps us to better understand the early development and dissemination of Neapolitan song, its power to bridge highbrow and lowbrow musical and literary cultures, opera, salon music, art song, street song, the emerging international publishing market of sheet music, and the parallel development of the piano manufacture industry.” -- Pierpaolo Polzonetti, University of Notre Dame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of figures and tables Acknowledgments Introduction Pasquale Scialò, Francesca Seller, and Anthony R. DelDonna 1. Haunts of an armchair traveler: the variegated world of the letters of Guillaume Cottrau Massimo Distilo 2. Origins, authorship, and new hypotheses about the Passatempi musicali Pasquale Scialò 3. The role of Neapolitan song in comedic dramaturgy of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Paologiovanni Maione 4. After the Golden Age: considerations on the nature of nineteenth-century Neapolitan theater Francesco Cotticelli 5. Guillaume Cottrau, a French-Neapolitan entrepreneur Francesca Seller 6. Musical traditions and matrices in the Passatempi musicali of Guillaume Cottrau Raffaele Di Mauro 7. Musical instruments in the early nineteenth-century Neapolitan salon Francesco Nocerino 8. Considerations on the Neapolitan language today and at the time of the Passatempi musicali by Guillaume Cottreau Giovanni Vitale Bibliography About the contributors","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040679330135,"sku":"9781498523066","price":73.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-neapolitan-canzone-in-the-early-nineteenth-century-as-cultivated-in-the-passatempi-musicali-of-guillaume-cottrau-9781498523066","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}