Antonio Caldara: Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni, edited by Elena Camoletto — cover

Antonio Caldara: Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni — first full score page

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Antonio Caldara: Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni, Oratorio (Vienna, 1726)

DV 22361A4 - PaperbackMixed Choir, Orchestra, Voice

95.00€

ComposersAntonio CaldaraBiographies

Antonio Caldara: (b Venice, ?1671; d Vienna, 28 Dec 1736). Italian composer. He was one of the most prolific among an unusually productive generation of composers and contributed to the rapid evolution of Italian vocal music, carrying its late stage to Vienna and there effecting an amalgam of Italian and German styles.

About this edition

Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni is Antonio Caldara’s oratorio in two parts, written for Vienna in 1726 to a libretto by Giovanni Battista Neri. This full-score edition presents the transcription by Elena Camoletto, with the libretto edited by Chiara Sbordoni.

Vocal forces: Faraone (bass), Coppiere (soprano), Panatiere (alto), Gioseffo (alto), Sedecia (soprano), Testo (tenor), and mixed chorus (SATB).

Instrumental forces: two violin parts, viola and basso continuo, with trumpet, chalumeau and psaltery in individual numbers.

The volume includes introductory essays in Italian by Paolo Tonini Bossi, Giovanni Acciai, Maria Teresa Nesci, Chiara Bertoglio, Giovanni Chiavazza and Paolo Bulgarini, together with the libretto, source illustrations and transcription notes. Music engraving and typesetting are by Livio Cavallo.