Antonio Vivaldi: His Life and Work |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Background and Personality | 23 |
The Work | 30 |
The Development of Instrumental Music in the 17th century | 36 |
The Concertos | 44 |
Rhythm | 50 |
Middle and Final Movements | 59 |
Tempo and Agogics | 68 |
The Operas | 156 |
The Culmination of the Operatic Output | 175 |
Secular Vocal Music | 188 |
Vivaldi Research in Recent Years | 207 |
Bibliography | 213 |
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The Performance of the Figured Bass | 74 |
Common terms and phrases
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