Domenico Cimarosa

Books about Domenico Cimarosa and his music

Nick Rossi and Talmage Fauntleroy Domenico Cimarosa : His Life and His Operas (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance) Greenwood Press, 1999; ISBN 0313301123; 240 pages This is the first book in English about Domenico Cimarosa, his more than 65 operas and his sacred and secular vocal music, his keyboard music, and his various works for solo instruments and ensembles. This is also the first authoritative book on Cimarosa since an Italian biography published in 1939. Since that earlier tome was published, many important discoveries have come to light. The authors completed most of their research work at the library of the Conservatorio di musica San Pietro a Majella in Naples. Their efforts have uncovered new information on the composer's marriages, wives, children, actual performance locations, dates of first performances of his operas, and his professional appointments and contacts. Price indication: $ 115.00

Sheet music, libretti, etc.

Domenico Cimarosa: Four Keyboard Sonatas AE399 - Artaria Editions
The four sonatas in this volume are a tantalizing introduction to Artaria Editions forthcoming publication of the complete keyboard sonatas of Domenico Cimarosa. (Sonata R20, R30, R25 and R27)<br /><br /> Cimarosa (1749-1801) was by far the best-known and most popular Italian composer of the late 18th century. He was known primarily for his comic operas but composed in a number of other genres as well. Certainly he was no stranger to keyboard instruments. If the details were known it would be realized the he actually spent most of his professional life seated at a keyboard, from the age of 21 either directing performances of his operas from the harpsichord or fortepiano, or, in his capacity as maestro di cappella at one of the Neapolitan or Venetian basilicas, playing the organ. <br /><br /> This edition attempts to present as accurately as possible the composers intentions as transmitted in the Florentine MS with the exception of the grouping of the works into multi-movement cycles. Cimarosas scant markings have been preserved throughout and, on occasion, applied to parallel passages. As in the original, the editor has placed the onus of responsibility for interpretation back on the performer although he has made occasional tempo suggestions where they are missing from the source. Obvious wrong notes have been corrected without comments; editorial emendations with no authority from the source are placed within brackets.

Il Marito Disperato - Ricordi
Italian Only. Edited by Gargiulo.

L'italiana in Londra - Ricordi
Italian Only. Edited by Tozzi.

Le Astuzie Femminili : - Cimarosa - It - Ricordi

Selected sonatas for piano - Kifara (M.)