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At the origins of classical opera : Carlo Goldoni and the "dramma giocoso per musica" by Rista, Pervinca

“…Venetian playwright and pioneer of modern theatre Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) led a `double life' as a librettist, authoring nearly as many libretti as comedies- libretti which, born from the same mind and the same hand that brought forth his famous, and famously controversial, overhaul of the practices of comic theatre, could not but push the limits of the standing tradition to open a new chapter in opera history. Goldoni became one of the first to give shape to the dramma giocoso per musica, an innovative, realistic, and enduring new genre with intimate connections to prose comedy that met with overwhelming international success, becoming the foundation for the works of future generations, including W. …”

Bel canto : the teaching of the classical Italian song-schools, its decline and restoration by Manén, Lucie

Classical guitar student's library concert collection

Ten Italian violin concertos from Fonds Blancheton P. 1

Opera and sovereignty : transforming myths in eighteenth-century Italy by Feldman, Martha

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La pastorella canzonetta by Rossini, Gioachino, 1792-1868

Ten Italian violin concertos from Fonds Blancheton P. 2

Ten Italian violin concertos from Fonds Blancheton

Francesca Caccini at the Medici court : music and the circulation of power by Cusick, Suzanne G.

European film music

Eighteenth-century piano music

François Couperin and 'the perfection of music' by Tunley, David

Theatre, opera, and performance in Italy from the fifteenth century to the present : essays in honour of Richard Andrews

The collected writings of Franz Liszt Vol. 2 Essays and letters of a traveling bachelor of music by Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

Variations on the canon : essays on music from Bach to Boulez in honor of Charles Rosen on his eightieth birthday

Table of Contents: “…/ Leo Treitler -- The music of a Classical style / Scott Burnham -- Montaigne hors de son propos / Charles Rosen -- Three Tributes: Une culture vraiment intimidante / Pierre Boulez -- Charles Rosen for his eightieth birthday / Elliott Carter -- Charles Rosen : a personal appreciation by a contemporary / Charles Mackerras…”

African perspectives : pre-colonial history, anthropology, and ethnomusicology

Orchestral excerpts from the symphonic repertoire for string bass Vol. 7

Orchestral excerpts from the symphonic repertoire for string bass Vol. 3

Encyclopedia of percussion

The Cambridge companion to twentieth-century opera

Table of Contents: “…A chronology of twentieth-century opera / Nigel Simeone -- Part I. Legacies: 1. Opera in transition / Arnold Whittall -- 2. …”