Zimmermann enjoyed considerable success, for the largest part of his career, as Kapellmeister at the court of the powerful Batthyani family in Pressburg. In their service, Zimmermann established an excellent court orchestra; ...

The second portion of this project is to exam the Pastorale in light of Riepel's own theory of composition in order to reach a better understanding of how he applied to his own compositions the concepts he set forth in the ...

The opera theater of Count Franz Anton von Sporck was the first standing public opera theater in the city of Prague, creating a taste for opera that has continued in the city until the present day. It also appears to have ...

Volume 2 consists of a critical edition of all of Brossard's French and Italian airs.

This study of the sacred concertos in the Theatrum musicum [RISM C937] and Continuatio theatri musici [RISM C938] includes a modern critical edition, an examination of three known exemplars, a brief text study, a discussion ...

In the various performances of Puccini's soprano arias, there are often disagreements regarding Puccini's tempo. The ambiguity of Puccini's tempo words and his indications of tempo changes have resulted in widely varying ...