"New Orpheus of Our Times"
Allsop, Peter (Lecturer, University of Exeter)
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Hardback
272 pages
8pp Plates, 163 Music Examples, 22 Tables, Bibliog
Published: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198165625
A reassessment of composer, Arcangelo Corelli's life and works. The common perspective is largely conditioned by late-18th century views of Corelli as a consolidator of past trends rather than an instigator. This book evaluates Corelli as the developer o