Storia della musica e dello spettacolo a Napoli. Il Seicento

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This book explores the multifaceted life of the performing arts in Naples during the 17th century, a period in which the capital of the Mezzogiorno, an outpost of the Spanish crown in the heart of the Mediterranean, gained a prestigious role on the European cultural scene. Alongside the blossoming of literature “in the national language”, the triumphs of Baroque painting and sculpture, in an increasingly complex and articulated urban fabric, sacred and profane music, premeditated and impromptu comedies, festivals and pageants, sacred operas and dramas, private productions and performances in the theatres and “rooms” of the most populous neighbourhoods contribute to defining the picture of a city in perpetual movement, always attentive to assimilating models and experimenting with new expressive solutions, in a context in which music and theatre were soon to become a distinctive feature of its fame.