Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court, Part II (Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era)

Christian Cannabich

ISBN 10: 0895793776 / ISBN 13: 9780895793775

Published by A-R Editions, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court, Part II (Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era)
• Publisher: A-R Editions
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895793776
• ISBN 13: 9780895793775
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Music of all kinds thrived at the electoral court of Carl Theodor, whose orchestra was called "an army of generals" by Charles Burney. This edition presents for the first time most of the surviving ballet music performed at Mannheim in the 1760s and 1770s. Each ballet is complete and newly engraved in full score and includes an introduction to the music, translations of the scenarios, and information on the sources, composers, ballet masters, and the famous orchestra. The edition will be a major contribution to the study of the development of dramatic ballet in the latter half of the eighteenth century.