The Well-Travelled Musician - John Sigismond Cousser and Musical Exchange in Baroque Europe

John Sigismond Cousser, as performer and composer, was a pioneering figure in the musical history of the European Baroque era.

List of contents

Introduction: John Sigismond Cousser and his 'Commonplace Book'
Hungarian Beginnings and the Adoption of French Musical Style
Kapellmeister at the Wolfenbüttel Court and Braunschweig Opera House
Ariadne to Porus - Cousser's Braunschweig Operas
'The Incomparable Director' in Hamburg, Nuremberg and Augsburg
Heliconische Musen-Lust - Opera at the Württemberg Court
'Il Paradiso terrestre'? - Cousser in London
'Fortune Not Blind' - Music for Dublin Castle
'Our Concert' - A Musician at Home
Cousser's 'Collection of Fine Musick' and the Practicalities of Musical Exchange
Appendix 1: Summary of the Contents of Cousser's 'Commonplace Book'
Appendix 2: Cousser's Address Book
Appendix 3:Cousser's Books of Cantatas, Madrigals, Duets and Serenatas
Appendix 4:Cousser's Inventory of Ouverture Incipits
Appendix 5: Transcription of Cousser's Notes for his 1716 Trip to London and the Continent

About the author

Samantha Owens

Summary

John Sigismond Cousser, as performer and composer, was a pioneering figure in the musical history of the European Baroque era.

Product details

• Authors: Samantha Owens
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2017
• EAN: 9781783272341
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-234-1
• No. of pages: 403
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 162 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 838 g
• Illustrations: 10 line illus.
• Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs