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" Polymath of the baroque : "
Colin Timms.
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BL
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949030
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b703400
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Timms, Colin.
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Polymath of the baroque : : Agostino Steffani and his music /\ Colin Timms.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2003.
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xviii, 422 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0195154738
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: 9780195154733
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-406) and index.
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The life. Castelfranco and Padua 1654-1667 ; Munich 1667-1688 ; Hanover 1688-1703 ; Düsseldorf 1703-1709 ; Apostolic Vicar of North Germany 1709-1728 -- The music. The sacred works ; The operas, I : general survey ; The operas, II : case-studies ; The chamber music ; Conclusion: personality and achievement.
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"Composer, diplomat, bishop: Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) was one of the most remarkable figures in late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century Europe. Steffani began his career as a composer, musician, and courtier, but his accomplishments brought him high-level positions in the courts of Germany and in the Catholic church. He served as advisor to Bavarian and Hanoverian Electors and played a leading role in the promotion of the Catholic church in the north German states." "Throughout his diplomatic and ecclesiastical career, Steffani continued to compose sacred music, opera, and chamber music - works that inspired Handel and other Baroque composers. Polymath of the Baroque discusses the entire musical output of Agostino Steffani, including a comprehensive treatment of his chamber duets, considered models of their kind. It also traces his principal diplomatic and political activities at Hanover and Dusseldorf, his rise to the bishopric of Spiga, and his career as Apostolic Vicar of North Germany."--Jacket.
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Steffani, Agostino,1654-1728.
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Steffani, Agostino,1654-1728.
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Steffani, Agostino, 1654-1728
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Steffani, Agostino,(1654-1728)-- Critique et interprétation.
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Steffani, Agostino,1654-1728
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Steffani, Agostino.
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Composers-- Italy, Biography.
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Compositeurs-- Italie, Biographies.
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Composers.
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Componisten.
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Italy.
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780/.92B
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ML410.S813T45 2003
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24.50bcl
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9,2ssgn
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LP 42040rvk
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