Benedetto Vinaccesi: A Musician in Brescia and Venice in the Age of Corelli

by Michael Talbot

This is the first study of the life and works of Benedetto Vinaccesi (1666-1719), who, despite his present-day obscurity, was a gifted and, in his day, much-admired Italian composer from the period of Corelli. His significant corpus of works includes operas, oratorios, sonatas, cantatas, and church music of many kinds, and Talbot's description brings to light their striking originality. More importantly, perhaps, since Vinaccesi's music harks back...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198163789
• ISBN13: 9780198163787
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.5"