A Companion to Music in Sixteenth-Century Venice (Brill's Companions to the Musical Culture of Medieval and Ea)

This book offers an overview of all facets of musical life in sixteenth-century Venice. It addresses the city's institutions (churches, confraternities, and academies) against the background of public and private occasions of music making. Supported by a generous collection of archival, literary, and iconographical sources, it treats both ceremonial life in the Serenissima and private forms of patronage. The Companion also addresses the dense web of musical activity (from chapel masters and singers to instrumentalists and instrument makers to music printers and theorists) and the rich variety of styles and musical genres (the frottola, the madrigal, motets and masses, instrumental music, polychoral music, Venetian-language polyphony), broadening the geographical perspective beyond the Veneto to Istria and Dalmatia.Contributors are Rodolfo Baroncini, Sherri Bishop, Bonnie J. Blackburn, David Bryant, Ivano Cavallini, Paolo Da Col, Daniel Donnelly, Rebecca Edwards, Iain Fenlon, Jonathan Glixon, Don Harrán (†), Jeffrey Kurtzman, Giulio M. Ongaro, Francesco Passadore, Elena Quaranta, Katelijne Schiltz, Eleanor Selfridge-Field, and Giovanni Zanovello. Acknowledgements ix List of Illustrations x List of Tables xii List of Music Examples xiii Abbreviations xv Contributors xvi Introduction: Mapping Musical Life in Cinquecento Venice / Katelijne Schiltz 1 Part 1. Musical Institutions 1. San Marco / Giulio M. Ongaro 19 2. Music at Parish, Monastic, and Nunnery Churches and at Confraternities / Jonathan Glixon 45 3. Parish and Monastic Churches: Civic Custom and the Quotidian in the System of Institutional Patronage / Elena Quaranta 79 4. Music and the Academies of Venice and the Veneto / Iain Fenlon 99 Part 2. Music in the Public and Private Space 5. Music, Ritual, and Festival: The Ceremonial Life of Venice / Iain Fenlon 125 6. 'Ridotti' and Salons: Private Patronage / Rodolfo Baroncini 149 Part 3. Musical Actors 7. The 'Maestri di Cappella' / Francesco Passadore 8. Silent Voices: Professional Singers in Venice / Paolo Da Col 230 9. Instrumentalists and Instrument Makers before c. 1550 / Bonnie J. Blackburn 272 10. Instruments, Instrument Makers, and Instrumentalists in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century / Jeffrey Kurtzman 292 11. Music Printing and Publishing in Cinquecento Venice / Sherri Bishop 321 12. From Aaron to Zarlino: Music Theorists in the Social and Cultural Matrix of Sixteenth-Century Venice / Rebecca Edwards 345 Part 4. Genres, Styles, and Cross-Cultural Traditions 13. Cori Spezzati in Composition and Sound / David Bryant 371 14. The Frottola in the Veneto / Giovanni Zanovello 395 15. Venetian Instrumental Music in the Sixteenth Century / Eleanor Selfridge-Field 415 16. Language, Style, and Subgenre in Venetian-Language Polyphony / Daniel Donnelly 440 17. Jewish Art Music in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Italy / Don Harrán 469 18. The 'Other' Coastal Area of Venice: Musical Ties with Istria and Dalmatia / Ivano Cavallini 493 Selected Bibliography 529 General Index 536 Introduction. Mapping musical life in cinquecento Venice / Katelijne Schiltz -- Musical institutions. San Marco / Giulio M. Ongaro ; Music at parish, monastic, and nunnery churches and at confraternities / Jonathan Glixon ; Parish and monastic churches : civic custom and the quotidian in the system of institutional patronage / Elena Quaranta ; Music and the academies of Venice and the Veneto / Iain Fenlon -- Music in the public and private space. Music, ritual, and festival : the ceremonial life of Venice / Iain Fenlon ; Ridotti and salons : private patronage / Rodolfo Baroncini -- Musical actors. The maestri di cappella / Francesco Passadore ; Silent voices : professional singers in Venice / Paolo Da Col ; Instrumentalists and instrument makers before c. 1550 / Bonnie J. Blackburn ; Instruments, instrument makers, and instrumentalists in the second half of the sixteenth century / Jeffrey Kurtzman -- Music printing and publishing in cinquecento Venice / Sherri Bishop ; From Aaron to Zarlino : music theorists in the social and cultural matrix of sixteenth-century Venice / Rebecca Edwards -- Genres, styles, and cross-cultural traditions. Cori spezzati in composition and sound / David Bryant ; The frottola in the Veneto / Giovanni Zanovello ; Venetian instrumental music in the sixteenth century / Eleanor Selfridge-Field ; Language, style, and subgenre in Venetian-language polyphony / Daniel Donnelly ; Jewish art music in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy / Don Harran ; The 'other' coastal area of Venice : musical ties with Istria and Dalmatia / Ivano Cavallini This book offers an overview of all facets of musical life in sixteenth-century Venice. It addresses the city's institutions (churches, confraternities, and academies) against the background of public and private occasions of music making. Supported by a generous collection of archival, literary, and iconographical sources, it treats both ceremonial life in the Serenissima and private forms of patronage. The Companion also addresses the dense web of musical activity (from chapel masters and singers to instrumentalists and instrument makers to music printers and theorists) and the rich variety of styles and musical genres (the frottola, the madrigal, motets and masses, instrumental music, polychoral music, Venetian-language polyphony), broadening the geographical perspective beyond the Veneto to Istria and Dalmatia. Contributors are Rodolfo Baroncini, Sherri Bishop, Bonnie J. Blackburn, David Bryant, Ivano Cavallini, Paolo Da Col, Daniel Donnelly, Rebecca Edwards, Iain Fenlon, Jonathan Glixon, Don Harrán (†), Jeffrey Kurtzman, Giulio M. Ongaro, Francesco Passadore, Elena Quaranta, Katelijne Schiltz, Eleanor Selfridge-Field, and Giovanni Zanovello Covering All Facets Of Musical Life In Sixteenth-century Venice, The Companion Addresses The City's Institutions (churches, Confraternities, And Academies), Public And Private Occasions Of Music Making, Musicians And Instrument Makers, And The Rich Variety Of Musical Genres.