Musical Links between Moravia and the Slovenian Lands in the Baroque Period
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Moravia, Slovenian lands, Italian Baroque opera, Wolfgang Hannibal Count Schrattenbach, Sigmund Felix Count Schrattenbach, Angelo MingottiAbstract
This study considers musical links between Moravia and the Slovenian lands in the first half of the eighteenth century. Significant cultural exchange took place during this period, thanks especially to the brothers Wolfgang Hannibal and Sigmund Felix Counts Schrattenbach. Their common interest in music is investigated on the basis of correspondence from the time when the elder brother worked in Italy, while the younger was in Salzburg. Following Wolfgang’s move to Moravia and Sigmund’s to Ljubljana, these links became deeper, as documented not only in the records of personal visits but also by Moravian librettos uniquely preserved in Ljubljana. The second part focuses on contacts based on Italian opera companies active in Brno and Ljubljana, for instance singers engaged by both companies and exchange of musical repertoire.
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