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This work deals with the existence of a wide body of ballads in Italy during the romantic era. It disproves Giovanni Berchet's contention in his "Lettera semiseria", the manifesto of Italian Romanticism. He argued that Italy did not have popular literature and, being unaware of an existing tradition, he translated and proposed two of Burger's ballads as examples to be followed. / The first two chapters of this thesis concentrate on the origins of the popular ballad and its first occurrence in Italy. / The third chapter examines the major ballad writers in Italy. Particular attention is given to Luigi Carrer and Giovanni Prati. / The final chapters are a discussion of Italy's minor ballad writers, followed by a conclusion.

This paper undertakes to develop an in-depth interpretation of Piranesi's Il Campo Marzio. While drawing heavily from specific details in both the text and images, the study retains a contextual outlook, speculating that Vico's New Science can lend meaning to Piranesi's work. / Based primarily on Vico's concept of the Ideal Eternal History, parallels are drawn between the two works. While this provides the key to entering into Piranesi's work, it reveals only its inner horizon, merely describing in different terms what is already there. / The insights provided by this exercise, however, demonstrate that the making of architecture as promoted by the Campo Marzio is not unlicensed Romantic freedom, but a fundamental, culturally-bound human activity. The paper concludes, moreover, that the making of the Campo Marzio interpretively re-enacts the original imaginative founding of the Eternal City and, as such, constitutes an attempt to re-found Heroic Rome.

This critical commentary investigates performance practice issues in Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni’s Concerto à cinque, op. 9 no. 5 (Amsterdam: Le Cène, 1722). It aims to stimulate players of the modern oboe to consider an historically informed approach towards the performance of this work through an assessment of relevant literature. Albinoni’s (1671–1750/51) professional career and the musical environment of Venice at this time form the backdrop for the study. The insularity of Albinoni’s life in Venice can be seen to have shaped certain original elements of his work. Furthermore, the increased availability of woodwind virtuosos in northern Italy during the early eighteenth century saw the composition of concertos for the oboe become an established part of Venetian musical life. This critical commentary includes a review of both historical treatises and modern literature that focus on the major performance practice parameters of tempo, dynamics, articulation and ornamentation. The historical treatises provide oboists with an understanding of the general practice during the baroque period, while the modern literature offers further discussion and analysis of these sources, alongside newer ideas for approaching the performance of Albinoni’s concerto. The resulting suggestions should not be regarded as rigid rules that contemporary performers must follow, but rather aim to give them more insight into the possible interpretation of the work. Thus the study provides both background information on the Concerto and guidelines on performance practice to assist oboists in generating their own ideas so that they can then develop their own interpretation of Albinoni’s concerto based on the evidence obtained from extensive research.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1978. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-409).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Bochum, 2003/2004.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio University, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-226).

(...) Esta tesis pretende, en primer lugar, ahondar en esta línea. Busca explorar, a través del recurso narrativo de las auctoritas, la dimensión política que la Historia de los Incas de Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa trajo desde el viejo continente, más allá de su filiación toledana que- de todos modos- será vista en el primer capítulo. En segundo lugar, pretende indagar por primera vez en la relación existente entre una crónica indiana y un texto espurio, a entender, la Antiquitatum Variarum del fraile dominico Annio de Viterbo, un destacado miembro de la Curia Papal a fines del siglo XV. El propósito, más allá de los objetivos particulares de la tesis, es que esta investigación inicial se convierta en un precedente para futuros estudios acerca del tema que, aunque ha sido revisado en el contexto de las historias generales europeas, nunca ha sido objeto de análisis en el ámbito de la historiografía americana o andina.

Orientador: Luciano Migliaccio / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T07:29:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Accorsi_RobertoAparecidoZaniquelli_M.pdf: 7996410 bytes, checksum: 5ec8b451dc3d6a8db56e7f8da4cacddc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Sebastiano Ricci tornou-se um pintor de especiais e particulares ações nos mercados de artes de Veneza e da Inglaterra, durante o século XVIII. Ele soube agir como artista e negociador e conseguiu relacionar-se com os principais mecenas do período, em especial com dois dos mais importantes difusores da sua arte: Joseph Smith, Cônsul inglês, e Francesco Algarotti, Conde veneziano - ambos ligados ao processo de difusão e discussão dos princípios racionais associados ao iluminismo europeu. Em cartas enviadas e recebidas pelo artista, e por alguns de seus mecenas, nota-se uma variada abordagem dos meios de compra e venda de obras e arte. As cartas também revelam uma valorização ou redescoberta dos modos e temas da arte de Paolo Veronese, reconhecíveis na obra de Sebastiano Ricci intitulada Arquimedes se recusa a seguir o soldado, pertencente a Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin, de São Paulo / Abstract: Sebastiano Ricci became a painter of special and private actions around the market of arts from Venice and England, during the XVIII century. He has known how to act as an artist and a negotiator and could relate himself with the main Maecenas of this period, especially with two of the most importants diffusers of his art: Joseph Smith,British Consul, and Francesco Algarotti,Venetian Earl - both connected with the process of propagation and discussion of the rational principles associated with the European Enlightenment. Analyzing letters that were sent and received by the artist and for some of his maecenas, is possible to realize a variety of approach about sorts of arts marketing. These letters show a recovery or a rediscovery about modes and themes of Paolo Veronese's art which can be recognized in the work of Sebastiano Ricci entitled Arquimedes se recusa a seguir o soldado, that belongs to Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin / Mestrado / Historia da Arte / Mestre em História

This thesis presents extended program notes for a sixty–minute vocal graduate recital consisting of the following repertoire for soprano: the arias “Soffri, o cor” and “Dimmi qual prova mai” from Alessandro Scarlatti’s cantata Dal Bel Volto d’Irene; a role study of Zerlina from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, including her arias “Batti, batti, o bel Masetto” and “Vedrai, carino;” Francis Poulenc’s song cycle Cocardes; selections from Arnold Schoenberg’s song cycle Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten; “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” by Franz Schubert, a chamber work written for soprano, piano, and clarinet; and selections from American composer Ricky Ian Gordon’s song cycle Orpheus and Euridice, composed as a companion piece to the Schubert “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen.” These works span three centuries and cover four languages and multiple genres and musical styles. The content of this thesis contains detailed information on these works through historical study, musical analysis, and research in performance practice.