The instrumental ensemble music of Leonardo Leo against the background of contemporary Neapolitan music
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University === The decline of the Baroque era involved a reaction against its musical complexity and intellectuality. In Naples, around 1725, composers of comic operas began to substitute for their highly elaborate arias a type of melody based on southern Italian folk-song: si...
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Boston University
2014
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/7862 |