Beschreibung:
John Sigismond Cousser, as performer and composer, was a pioneering figure in the musical history of the European Baroque era.
Introduction: John Sigismond Cousser and his 'Commonplace Book'Hungarian Beginnings and the Adoption of French Musical StyleKapellmeister at the Wolfenbüttel Court and Braunschweig Opera HouseAriadne to Porus - Cousser's Braunschweig Operas'The Incomparable Director' in Hamburg, Nuremberg and AugsburgHeliconische Musen-Lust - Opera at the Württemberg Court'Il Paradiso terrestre'? - Cousser in London'Fortune Not Blind' - Music for Dublin Castle'Our Concert' - A Musician at HomeCousser's 'Collection of Fine Musick' and the Practicalities of Musical ExchangeAppendix 1: Summary of the Contents of Cousser's 'Commonplace Book'Appendix 2: Cousser's Address BookAppendix 3:Cousser's Books of Cantatas, Madrigals, Duets and SerenatasAppendix 4:Cousser's Inventory of Ouverture IncipitsAppendix 5: Transcription of Cousser's Notes for his 1716 Trip to London and the Continent