"Padron mio colendissimo...": Letters about Music and the Stage in the 18th Century

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"Padron mio colendissimo...": Letters about Music and the Stage in the 18th Century is written by Iskrena Yordanova and published by Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3990129562 (ISBN 10) and 9783990129562 (ISBN 13).

This volume explores the important role that epistolary exchanges play in the reconstruction of musical and theatrical contexts all over Europe in the early modern age, with particular attention to the century of the Enlightenment. Correspondence often bears witness to the reconstruction of performers' careers and theatrical venues, and to the transfers of professionals and repertoires, as well as to social themes and production issues. Archival sources, private letters, and official documents are not only rich in precious data and information, but can also provide material for new research perspectives, related both to their methodological implications and to the interpretation of music and theatre in a given time and place, along with raising questions about historical performance practices and their current revival.