Poetry and Patronage: Alessandro Scarlatti, The Accademia Degli Arcadia, and the Development of the Conversazione Cantata in Rome 1700-1710

The special relationship of patrons, librettists, and composers, in the Accademia degli'Arcadia in Rome from 1700-1710 appears in Alessandro Scarlatti's settings of Antonio Ottoboni's cantata librettos in the anthology GB Lbm. Add. 34056. An examination of Arcadian cantatas and their texts reveals the nature of their audience, function, and their place within the historical development of the genre. The conversazione cantata did not exist outside of Rome and was popular for only a brief period in the early eighteenth century. Critical examination of primary sources, including minutes from the Arcadian Academy meetings as well as household documents regarding the Cardinals Ottoboni and Pamphili, Prince Ruspoli, and other noble families, sheds light on the culture of the Arcadian Academy and the cantata within it, broader study clarifies the individuality of the conversazione cantata within Rome, and closer study of the contribution of the greatest cantata composer 1700-1710, Alessandro Scarlatti.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2005

Author dc:creator

• Hale Harris, Kimberly Coulter

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brothers, Lester
• Bush, Deanna D.
• Phipps, Graham Howard

• Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725. Cantatas.
• Accademia degli Arcadi.
• cantata librettos
• conversazione cantata
• Alessandro Scarlatti
• chamber cantatas
• Arcadian Academy

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• Public
• Copyright
• Hale Harris, Kimberly Coulter
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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English

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