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Zusatztext This book contains an enormous amount of information unreported elsewhere ... Those whose historical interests intersect any of it's main themes will find a wealth of detail and bibliographical references to primary source material. Today's scholars will undoubtedly benefit from the existence of her work! and all students of things Venetian will want to trace the rich tapestry of documentation found here. Klappentext This book opens a door long closed on an important era in the history of Venice. It presents, for the first time, an introductory, contextual study of three centuries of musical activity at the four major eleemosynary foundations of the former Republic of Venice: the ospedali grandi. It provides a comprehensive account of the institutional, social, religious, and civic dimensions of these welfare complexes, with particular reference to their musicalsubsidiaries, or cori.Involving over 300 external professional male composers and music teachers and over 800 internal professional women musicians, the history of the cori also incorporates a vast repertory of over 4,000 original works - sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, solo and choral - little know today but recognized as key elements in the historical evolution of musical genres. Responsible for this phenomenon through their association with the ospedali and the figlie delcoro were such figures as Lotti, Legrenzi, Vivaldi, Hasse, Galuppi, and Cimarosa, to name but six. It is their relationship to the ospedali and the concert series in the churches and music salons annexed to them that Dr Berdes explores. In the process she proves the significance of the cori as reflectors of a range ofcross-disciplinary scholarship from the history of art and architecture to the history of culture and social policy, as well as medical care and aspects of women's, children's, and Venetian studies.Amassing a wealth of information from primary sources, this book constitutes a repository of information and references for a multitude of new investigations. Above all, it will facilitate rediscovery, performance, and analysis of the repertoire commissioned for, and first performed by, the women musicians of the cori, a repertoire of unique richness which may be seen as the mirror of a lost Venetian civilization. Zusammenfassung This volume is an introductory, contextual study of three centuries of musical activity at the four main eleemosynary foundations of the former Republic of Venice, the Ospedali Grandi. The author provides an account of their institutional, social, religious, and civic dimensions....
