Book Presentation and Concert — Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples: Politics, Patronage, and Artistic Culture

Join us to meet Prof. Anthony R. DelDonna, author of Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples: Politics, Patronage, and Artistic Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2021), in conversation with Prof. Guido Olivieri (University of Texas at Austin) as they discuss the monograph and ongoing research into the instrumental music traditions of Naples.

In his book, Prof. DelDonna, who is also the Music Program Director at Georgetown University, investigates the wide-ranging role of instrumental genres within late 18th-century Neapolitan culture and introduces readers to this rarely explored sector of local artistic life.

The presentation will be followed by a concert of associated repertoire, performed by the critically acclaimed early music ensemble Modern Musick. The program will include works by Cimarosa, Alborea, Guglielmi, and Mascitti.

WHEN: November 11, 2021 at 7PM

WHERE: Georgetown University - 1501 Tondorf Road, Washington, DC 20007 (Located inside The Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium, on Georgetown University’s main campus)

This event is organized in collaboration with the Italian Research Institute (Georgetown College) and the Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts

Source: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Washington DC