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The Solo English Cantatas and Italian Odes of Thomas A. Arne
Paul F. Rice
出版Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020-01-08
主題Music / Genres & Styles / GeneralLiterary Criticism / PoetryHistory / Social History
ISBN15275450599781527545052
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xfjIDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This study examines Thomas Arne’s solo cantatas and Italian odes from musical, literary and social perspectives. Arne composed these works between 1740 and 1774. As such, they provide a means of evaluating the evolving aspects of his musical style throughout his compositional career. The Italian odes have been little-studied, but provide an important gloss on Charles Burney’s comments on Arne’s inability to set the Italian language. Study of the cantata texts that Arne set reveals that they are often pastiches which make use of the words of William Congreve, Alexander Pope, Christopher Smart and others. The resulting process of adaptation and recombination re-contextualizes the borrowed material, resulting in differing emphases and changed meanings. Arne was restricted in his career opportunities because of his Catholic faith. The cantata genre provided Arne with an important creative outlet in the hedonistic atmosphere of the concerts of London’s pleasure gardens.