The Cimarosa Affaire: A collection of essays about the Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa
By Natalya KharitonovaThe Cimarosa Affair is a collection of essays written by Simone Perugini and translated by Elizabeth Thomson, which shed new light on the life of the Italian composer, Domenico Cimarosa, one of the greatest exponents of the Neapolitan School in the second half of the 18th century. Using contemporary documentary sources discovered recently in various state archives in Italy, and analysing the manuscript scores and the librettos of Cimarosa's operas, Simone Perugini retraces aspects of Cimarosa's personal and professional life which were either unknown, or incorrectly reported, before this detailed study.
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The Cimarosa Affair is a collection of essays written by Simone Perugini and translated by Elizabeth Thomson, which shed new light on the life of the Italian composer, Domenico Cimarosa, one of the greatest exponents of the Neapolitan School in the second half of the 18th century. Using contemporary documentary sources discovered recently in various state archives in Italy, and analysing the manuscript scores and the librettos of Cimarosa's operas, Simone Perugini retraces aspects of Cimarosa's personal and professional life which were either unknown, or incorrectly reported, before this detailed study.