Polymath of the Baroque Agostino Steffani and His Music
, by Timms, ColinNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780195154733 | 0195154738
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/23/2003
This is the first book to consider all aspects of the life of Agostino Steffani (1654-1728), a composer, diplomat, and bishop. A remarkable figure of the late 17th and early 18th century Europe, Steffani began his career as a composer, musician, and courtier, but his accomplishments broughthim high-level positions in the courts of Germany and the Catholic Church. Throughout his diplomatic and ecclesiatical career, Steffani continued to compose chamber music, vocal chamber music, operas, and sacred music--works which inspired Handel and other Baroque composers.