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Music in Seventeenth-Century Naples: Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704). By Dinko Fabris. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007, [xx, 310 p. ISBN-10 0754637212; ISBN-13 9780754637219. $99.95.] Illustrations, music examples, references, index.
In spite of the central role of Naples in the cultural and artistic life of seventeenth-century Europe and evident interest in the Neapolitan musical scene, only a few studies on the institutions, personalities, and events of music in Naples have been available in English. Hence the publication of Music in Seventeenth-Century Naples: Framcesco Provenzale (1624-1704) by Dinko Fabris is a significant addition to the literature. Given his deep knowledge and long familiarity with the sources of the history of music in Naples, Fabris was certainly the right person for the task. As the author points out in the preface, however, this volume is not a comprehensive history of seventeenth-century music in Naples; rather it examines the activity of the city's most representative musician, Francesco Provenale, whose works are discussed within the context of events and institutions of the time.
The succession of the eight chapters does not follow a traditional "life and work" arrangement, thereby rendering the book certainly more readable and entertaining, but also making...
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