Agostino Steffani

Europäischer Komponist, hannoverscher Diplomat und Bischof der Leibniz-Zeit. European Composer, Hanoverian Diplomat and Bishop in the Age of Leibniz

Contributions by Hans-Georg Aschoff Contributions by Bettina Braun Contributions by Helen Coffey Contributions by Hansjörg Drauschke Contributions by Reinmar Emans Contributions by Michael F. Feldkamp Contributions by Matthew Gardner Contributions by Wolfgang Hirschmann Contributions by Michael Kempe Contributions by Berthold Over Contributions by Margherita Palumbo Contributions by Rashid-Sascha Pegah Contributions by John H. Roberts Contributions by Stephen Rose Contributions by Graham Sadler Contributions by Reinhard Strohm Contributions by Lajos Rovatkay Contributions by Claudia Kaufold Contributions by Nicole K. Strohmann Contributions by Colin Timms Edited by Claudia Kaufold Edited by Nicole K. Strohmann Edited by Colin Timms

Book cover: Agostino Steffani

Extent: 366 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Music & Performing Arts

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(August 2017)

ISBN: 9783847107095

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $94.00

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The 19 essays present both the latest research and new evidence and insights about Steffani, who caught the attention of early modern music historians and church historians – and is now attracting that of performers and the public. In this book, scholars from Germany, England, Italy and the USA pool their knowledge and perceptions – some based on a lifetime’s research – for the very first time. Without Steffani the development of opera in Germany would have taken a quite different course. His diplomatic memoranda are shining examples of the art of reporting. And the Catholic church could not have wished for a better-informed representative in the Protestant north.


This interdisciplinary volume considers all three facets of Steffani’s work – the musical, the political and the ecclesiastical. Its 19 essays present the latest state of knowledge on this internationally rediscovered multi-talented cosmopolitan, who has long been attracting the attention of musicologists and early modern and ecclesiastical historians and is now exciting also the interest of performers and public.

  • Contributions by Hans-Georg Aschoff
  • Contributions by Bettina Braun
  • Contributions by Helen Coffey
  • Contributions by Hansjörg Drauschke
  • Contributions by Reinmar Emans
  • Contributions by Michael F. Feldkamp
  • Contributions by Matthew Gardner
  • Contributions by Wolfgang Hirschmann
  • Contributions by Michael Kempe
  • Contributions by Berthold Over
  • Contributions by Margherita Palumbo
  • Contributions by Rashid-Sascha Pegah
  • Contributions by John H. Roberts
  • Contributions by Stephen Rose
  • Contributions by Graham Sadler
  • Contributions by Reinhard Strohm
  • Contributions by Lajos Rovatkay
  • Contributions by Claudia Kaufold
  • Contributions by Nicole K. Strohmann
  • Contributions by Colin Timms
  • Edited by Claudia Kaufold
  • Edited by Nicole K. Strohmann
  • Edited by Colin Timms