Sacred Music in the Cinquecento Outside Venice and Rome - http://www.hoasm.org/IVO/IVOCinquecento.html
Focus on Naples, Florence, Bologna, Modena, Ferrara, Mantua, Milan, Cremona, Bergamo, Brescia, and elsewhere. Includes links to composer biographies and related topics from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program. |
The Italian Seicento (17th Century) - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodV.html
Traces the beginning of opera in Florence with links to biographies of composers and related material. From the Here Of a Sunday Morning radio program. |
The Italian Settecento (18th Century) - http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodVIII.html
Summary of developments in Bel Canto and Opera Buffa as well as instrumental developments with links to biographies and related material from the Here Of a Sunday Morning radio program. |
The Neapolitan Group - http://www.hoasm.org/VIIIB/VIIIBNeapolitanGroup.html
Summary of the music composed in 18th Century Naples with internal links to noted artists associated with this school. From the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program. |
The Venetian Style (16th Century) - http://www.hoasm.org/IVN/IVNVenetianStyle.html
Emphasis on Venice's challenge to Rome as a leader in sacred music composition. From the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program. |