Il Teatro Alla Moda o sia Metodo sicuro, e facile per ben comporre, & esequire[!] l'Opere Italiane in Musica all'uso moderno, Nel quale Si danno Avvertimenti utili, e necessarj a Poeti, Compositori di Musica, Musici dell'uno, e dell'altro sesso, Impresari, Suonatori, Ingegneri, e Pittori di Scene, Parti buffe, Sarti, Paggi, Comparse, Suggeritori, Copisti, Protettori, e Madri di Virtuose, & altre Persone appartenenti al Teatro. Dedicato dall'Auttore del Libro al Compositore di esso

[MARCELLO, Benedetto Giacomo 1686-1739]

Editore: Stampato ne Borghi di Belisania per Aldiviva Licante all'insegna dell'Oreso in Peata. Si vende nelle Strada del Corallo alla Porta del Palazzo d'Orlando, [Venice], 1720

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Octavo. Contemporary decorative wrappers with titling in small script in turquoise ink to upper and spine. 1f. (recto with engraved pictorial vignette, verso quote from "Horat. Lib. de Art. poet."), 64 pp. With decorative woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. The comic engraving to title depicts a man rowing a boat with an ape standing at the bow dressed in a flowing coat and holding a flag, with a cherub playing a violin balancing on the rudder at the stern. Parenti: Dizionario dei luoghi di stampa falsi, pp. 39-40. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled; spine partially lacking; 20th century bookseller's description laid down to verso of upper. Minor internal wear; title slightly browned and with small stains to edges; very occasional browning and staining throughout. First Edition. Rare. Cortot p. 119 (another edition). Hirsch I, 344. RISM Écrits pp. 534-35. An Italian composer and writer, "the lighter side of Marcello s nature was expressed in his several satires. Of prime importance among these is the treatise Il teatro alla moda, first published anonymously in 1720, which is concerned especially with the decline of careful composition and well-rehearsed performance, as well as the invasion of Bolognese singers, at the Teatro S Angelo, Venice. It was especially popular in Italy in the 18th century, in France in the 19th, and in Germany in the early 20th, and it appears never to have been out of print from the time of its writing to the present." Eleanor Selfridge-Field in Grove Music Online "Marcello's penchant for merciless criticism was amply demonstrated in the celebrated satire Il teatro alla moda . which lampooned Vivaldi and other contemporaries under the guise of being a manual of instruction for those concerned with opera." TNG XI, pp. 648-49. A satirical pamphlet of importance to the history of opera, with Marcello's scathing critiques of many of the conventions of early 18th century Italian opera seria including its "artificiality of plots, the stereotyped format of music, the extravagant scenography and machinery, the inability and ventality of composers and poets, the vanity and vulgarity of singers, the avidity of impresarios, [and] the ineptitude of musicians. . Besides the title, the frontispiece contains several allusions to well-known protagonists of the Venetian theater of the time. For instance, the publisher's name "Aldiviva Licante" refers, by means of anagrams, both to Antonio Vivaldi . and to the singer Caterina Canteli." Wikipedia. Codice articolo 39355

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Titolo: Il Teatro Alla Moda o sia Metodo sicuro, e ...

Casa editrice: Stampato ne Borghi di Belisania per Aldiviva Licante all'insegna dell'Oreso in Peata. Si vende nelle Strada del Corallo alla Porta del Palazzo d'Orlando, [Venice]

Data di pubblicazione: 1720

Legatura: Brossura

Edizione: prima edizione