Fux‘ Gradus ad Parnassum and Italy: Cultural ties and the controversial reception around the peninsula

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the publication of Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassum (Vienna, 1725), the lecture aims for the first time to investigate the links of the famous treatise with Italian musical culture and its reception in three Italian centres that were fundamental for the dissemination of music theory in Italy during the 18th century: Bologna, Rome and Naples. Starting from Harry White’s essay Fux and the Imperative of Italy, the lecture will illustrate through historical documents, iconographic sources and the various manuscript and printed translations in Italian, that the reception of Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassum evolved with different outcomes depending on the contexts in which it developed. The manuscript of an unknown new translation of Fux‘ Gradus by the Neapolitan composer Pasquale Cafaro (1715-1787) will also be presented for the first time.

Dieser Vortrag wird in englischer Sprache gehalten.

Musikalische Beiträge:

Johann Joseph Fux (ca. 1660–1741)
aus Giunone Placata (1725)

Aria
A placare una superba
Maria Pysmenna, Venere
Xaver Eckert, Salterio obbligato
Lisa Braun, Magdalena Hasibeder, Basso Continuo

Aria
Tutto il bel vorrei raccolto
Elisabeth Kirchner, Giunone
Franziska Hoffmann, Chalumeau obbligato
Lisa Braun, Magdalena Hasibeder, Basso Continuo

Aria
Ruscelletto
Elisabeth Kirchner, Giunone
Rose Chaffey, Violoncello solo
Lisa Braun, Magdalena Hasibeder, Basso Continuo

Studierende und Absolventinnen des Instituts für Alte Musik

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