Opere teoriche
Autore:Sala Massimiliano
Titolo:Vincenzo Manfredini Regole armoniche
Fac-simile of the 1775 Venice edition, with an annotated English translation by Robert Zappulla
M. Sala (ed.)
350 p., 116 colour ill., 210 x 270 mm, 2013
Languages: English, Italian
Editore:Brepols

The volume aims to investigate the genesis and the role of Vincenzo Manfredini’s Regole armoniche in the light of theoretical concepts and debates within eighteenth-century musical spheres.
A composer of, amongst other things, operas, ballets, symphonies, string quartets and harpsichord sonatas, Vincenzo Manfredini eventually turned to writing about music. His Regole armoniche is an important source of information on eighteenth-century performing practices. In this work he summarizes all of the rules surrounding accompaniment illustrating them with written-out realizations. He is, quite possibly, the only Italian author of an accompaniment treatise to take this approach. His comments on singing sparked controversial exchanges between the Italian castrato Giovanni Battista Mancini and Esteban de Arteaga. The volume aims to investigate the genesis and the role of Regole armoniche in the light of theoretical concepts and debates within eighteenth-century musical spheres. The volume is divided into three parts: firstly, an opening collection of critical essays (by Gregory Barnett, Jean Grundy Fanelli, Rudolf Rasch and Peter Walls) concerning Manfredini’s life, his output and his intellectual inclinations; secondly, a facsimile edition and finally, an annotated edition whose translation into English is long overdue.

Table of Contents:
Preface
Jean Grundy Fanelli, The Manfredini Musicians of Pistoia – Gregory Barnett, Manfredini’s Commonplace Book: MS N° 739 (I-Vnm) and the Regole armoniche – Rudolf Rasch, Vincenzo Manfredini and the Circle of Fifths – Peter Walls, Vincenzo Manfredini’s 1778 ‘Italian’ Quartets – Robert Zappulla, Vincenzo Manfredini’s Harmonic Rules: Annotated English Translation

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