Frandsen, Mary E. – Crossing Confessional Boundaries

Description

This book is an examination of the uneasy alliance of two confessions, Lutheran and Catholic, at the prominent seventeenth-century court of Dresden, and the implications of this alliance for the repertoire of sacred art music cultivated there, an influential repertoire that has received only scant attention from scholars.

CONTENTS

Abbreviations
List of Musical Examples
Prologue: The Forgotten Mazen Johann Georg II
1. The Advent of the Italiens, 1651-56
2. The Itatienate Hofkapelle of Johann Georg II, 1656-80
3. Johann Georg II and the Problem of Catholocism
4. Piety, Penitance, and Praise: The Dresden Textual Repetoire
5. Roma trapianata: The New Sacred Concerto in Dresden
6. Musica pathetica: Style and Affect in the Dresden Concerto
7. Johann Georg’s Vision for Worship
8. Musik im Gottesdienst: The Liturgical Year at the Dresden Court
Epilogue: Johann Georg II Remembered
Appendix I: Source Documents
Appendix II: Sacred Vocal Works of the Principle Dresden Court Composers
Bibliography of Primary Sources
Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Index