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Niccolo van Westerhout Liriche / Niccolo van Westerhout [notated music]

Title

Niccolo van Westerhout Liriche [notated music]

Composer

Westerhout, Niccolo van, 1857-1898

Editor

Campanile, Leonardo, 1954-

Place of Publication/Creation

PORT ST LUCIE, FL

Published/Created

2019

Type of Material

notated music

Genre

notated music

Publisher

IDEA GRAPHICS LL

Imprints

IDEA PRES

2

Edition

2

Language

English

Media

unmediated

Physical Description

1 score (320 pages) + 43 parts

Carrier

volume

Summary

Unfairly neglected has been so far the production of chamber vocal music, although prominent in the whole career of Niccolò van Westerhout. -- The 30 lyrics published here for the first time in a modern edition testify to compositional continuity in this genre for nearly fifteen years. The oldest dates back to 1879 (two versions of "Melancholic Singing" on the verses of two scapigliati poets, Emilio Praga and Ugo Tarchetti, respectively), when "Niccolino" was twenty-two and began to become acquainted in the Neapolitan setting, also thanks to the favors of esteemed intellectuals who had discovered him. Most of them date back to the last decade of his life, especially the years 1888-1890. -- At the end of the anthology of romanze da camera, a special "Salve Regina" was opportunely inserted. It is a page explicitly taken from the opera Doña Flor. -- The composing characteristics of van Westerhout's arie da camera are the syllabic treatment a delicate and hesitant instrumental accompaniment, due to a combined melody motion, and a general atmosphere that is intriguing and permeated of sweet melancholy. --

Notes

Voice and Piano.

ISMN with hyphens: 979-0-800132-07-0

Description based on ISMN data provided by the publisher.

Music notation

Staff notation.

ISBN

9781948651066

International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

9790800132070

Last Updated: 03-26-2022