A history of the Venetian sacred solo motet (c. 1610--1720).

In 17th century Italy, the trend toward small sacred concertato forms precipitated the publication of a number of volumes devoted exclusively to sacred solo vocal music. Several of these, including the Ghirlanda sacra (Gardano, 1625) and Motetti a voce sola (Gardano, 1645) contain sacred solo motets by some of the best Italian composers of the period. Venetian composers were at the forefront of the move toward the smaller concertato forms and, to fulfill various needs of church musicians, wrote in an increasingly virtuoso style intended to highlight the solo voice. This study traces the development of the solo motet in the sacred works of Venetian composers from the time of Monteverdi to Vivaldi. It revolves around sacred solo motets composed at Saint Marks and the Venetian ospedali (orphanages). It includes works of Alessandro Grandi, Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, and Antonio Vivaldi. It also deals with solo motets of lesser composers whose works are available in modern critical and performing editions or in recently published facsimiles. In addition to providing a more detailed survey of the genre than has been previously available, this study provides an overview of highly performable (but largely neglected) repertoire.

Name thesis:degree_name

D.M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Arizona.

Year dc:date.issued

1991

Author dc:creator

• Rushing-Raynes, Laura.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Mosher, Elizabeth

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Day, Larry
• Hirst, Grayson

• Motets -- History and criticism -- 17th century
• Sacred vocal music -- Italy -- 17th century -- History and criticism
• Music -- Italy -- Venice -- 17th century -- History and criticism.

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• Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185473

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/185473