Neapolitan School

Neapolitan School

In music history, the Neapolitan School is a group, associated with opera, of 18th century composers who studied or worked in Naples, Italy.[1] The best known of which is Alessandro Scarlatti, with whom, "modern opera begins".[2]

It is with the Neapolitan school...that the History of Modern Music commences—in so far as that music speaks the language of the feelings, emotions, and passions.
—Schluter[3]

The Neapolitan School has been considered in between the Roman School and the Venetian School in importance.[3]

However, "The concept of Neapolitan school, or more particularly Neapolitan opera, has been questioned by a number of scholars. That Naples was a significant musical center in the 18th century is beyond doubt. Whether the composers working in Naples at that time developed or partook of a distinct and characteristic musical style is less clear." since so little is known about the repertory.[1]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f Don Michael Randel (2003). The Harvard Dictionary of Music, p.549. ISBN 9780674011632.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Paul Henry Lang (1997). Music in Western Civilization, p.453. ISBN 9780393040746.
  3. ^ a b Schluter, Joseph (1865). A General History of Music, p.47. R. Bentley.

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