<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>In musicological research on the eighteenth-century operatic pasticcio it has often been discussed how pasticci can be distinguished from <italic>dramme per musica</italic>. The article examines the evolution of Fortunato Chelleri's opera <italic>Innocenza difesa</italic> in the course of its adaption for several performance venues (Florence 1720, Venice 1722, Kassel 1725, Wolfenbüttel/Brunswich 1731), as well as pasticcio projects based on Chelleri's score (Hamburg 1732). By analysing the surviving libretti, scores, and sheet music related to Chelleri's opera, it can be shown that Chelleri as well as the arranger of the Hamburg pasticcio-production, Georg Philipp Telemann, paid attention to the overarching dramaturgical principles as well as to new forms of music publishing in large metropolises such as London. Telemann not only chose some arias by George Frederic Handel from among the most celebrated numbers in the opera <italic>Lotharius</italic> (composed by Handel, printed by John Walsh in London, 1730), but he also fostered Chelleri's focus on Judith as a main character. Within these musical-dramaturgical perspectives, based on very loose networks of connections between librettists, composers, singers, and probably stage designers, requests for specific arias from individual singers could also be accommodated.</p>
</abstract>

In musicological research on the eighteenth-century operatic pasticcio it has often been discussed how pasticci can be distinguished from dramme per musica. The article examines the evolution of Fortunato Chelleri's opera Innocenza difesa in the course of its adaption for several performance venues (Florence 1720, Venice 1722, Kassel 1725, Wolfenbüttel/Brunswich 1731), as well as pasticcio projects based on Chelleri's score (Hamburg 1732). By analysing the surviving libretti, scores, and sheet music related to Chelleri's opera, it can be shown that Chelleri as well as the arranger of the Hamburg pasticcio-production, Georg Philipp Telemann, paid attention to the overarching dramaturgical principles as well as to new forms of music publishing in large metropolises such as London. Telemann not only chose some arias by George Frederic Handel from among the most celebrated numbers in the opera Lotharius (composed by Handel, printed by John Walsh in London, 1730), but he also fostered Chelleri's focus on Judith as a main character. Within these musical-dramaturgical perspectives, based on very loose networks of connections between librettists, composers, singers, and probably stage designers, requests for specific arias from individual singers could also be accommodated.

Pasticcio, Arrangement, or Adaptation? Georg Philipp Telemann's Pasticcio <italic>Judith</italic> Based on Fortunato Chelleri's <italic>dramma per musica Innocenza difesa</italic>

Musicology Today

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Pasticcio, Arrangement, or Adaptation? Georg Philipp Telemann's Pasticcio  Based on Fortunato Chelleri's 

In musicological research on the eighteenth-century operatic pasticcio it has often been discussed how pasticci can be distinguished from dramme per musica....

Pasticcio, Arrangement, or Adaptation? Georg Philipp Telemann's Pasticcio Judith Based on Fortunato Chelleri's dramma per musica Innocenza difesa

Published Online: Dec 31, 2021

Page range: 99 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2021-0010

Keywords
pasticcio, music history of London, music history of Italy, mobility, dramaturgy

© 2021 Gesa zur Nieden, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Pasticcio, Arrangement, or Adaptation? Georg Philipp Telemann's Pasticcio Judith Based on Fortunato Chelleri's dramma per musica Innocenza difesa

Published Online: Dec 31, 2021

Page range: 99 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2021-0010

Keywordspasticcio, music history of London, music history of Italy, mobility, dramaturgy

© 2021 Gesa zur Nieden, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
pasticcio, music history of London, music history of Italy, mobility, dramaturgy