Preface

List of Bibliographical Abbreviations

List of RISM Sigla

1. Introduction

The Role of Music in the Daily Lives of the Habsburgs

The Scope of the Book

The Secondary Literature

The Cantata Terminology

Forerunners of the Cantata in Vienna

Part I: The Cantata in Vienna, 1658-1700

2. The Political and Cultural Milieu

Historical Background

Leopold I as Patron and Composer

Habsburg Music Chapels, 1658-1700

Occasions, Places of Performance, and Performers

Librettists

3. The Composers

Composers Who May Have Written Cantatas for Vienna During the Early

Reign of Leopold I

Antonio and Carlo Draghi

Filippo Vismarri

Carlo Cappellini

Giovanni Battista Pederzuoli

Antonio Maria and Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani

German-Speaking Composers

4. Repertoire and Sources

The Repertoire

The Sources

5. Text and Music

Antonio Maria Viviani

Antonio Bertali

Filippo Vismarri

Carlo Cappellini

Giovanni Battista Pederzuoli

Antonio and Carlo Draghi

Part II: The Cantata in Vienna, 1700-1711

6. The Political and Cultural Milieu

Historical Background

Joseph I as Patron and Composer

Cultural Growth

Habsburg Music Chapels, 1700-1711

Genre Designations

Occasions, Places of Performance, and Performers

Librettists and Librettos

7. The Composers

Carlo Agostino Badia

Giovanni Bononcini

Marc'Antonio Ziani

Attilio Ariosti

Antonio Maria Bononcini

Composers Who May Have Written Cantatas for Vienna

8. Repertoire and Sources

New Interest in the Cantata

The Repertoire of Cantatas by Habsburg Composers

Sources

9. Style Overview

The Style Transition

Broad Structural Plans

Selection of Voices

Instrumentation

Dynamics

Recitative and Arioso

Aria Keys

Continuum (Tempo/Meter)

The Use of Devisen

Aria Designs

10. Aspects of Form

The Conventional Da Capo Design

Variants from the Conventional Design

Articulation of Form

11. Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Surface Rhythm

Changes in Timbre

12. The Relationship of Text and Music

The Text and Its Influence upon the Musical Design

The Interactions of the Text with Melody and Rhythm

Tone Color and Dynamics

Descriptive Treatment of the Text

Affective Treatment of the Text

13. Conclusion: The Interregnum and Its Aftermath

The End of the War of the Spanish Succession

The Fate of the Cantata Composers and Librettists Who Served Joseph I

The Cantatas by Composers Residing in Vienna During the Interregum

Appendix A: Index of Cantata Text Incipits and Sources

Appendix B: Catalogue Raisonné of Viennese Cantata Sources

Appendix C: Texts of Arias Analyzed in Chapters 10-12

Notes

Bibliography