Diplomacy and the Aristocracy as Patrons of Music and Theatre in the Europe of the Ancien Régime

This volume explores the dense networks created by diplomatic relationships between European courts and aristocratic households in the early modern age, with the emphasis on celebratory events and the circulation of theatrical plots and practitioners promoted by political and diplomatic connections. The offices of plenipotentiary ministers were often outposts providing useful information about cultural life in foreign countries. Sometimes the artistic strategies defined through the exchanges of couriers were destined to leave a legacy in the history of arts, especially of music and theatre. Ministers favored or promoted careers, described or made pieces of repertoire available to new audiences, and even supported practitioners in their difficult travels by planning profitable tours. They stood behind extraordinary artists and protected many stage performers with their authority, while carefully observing and transmitting precious information about the cultural and musical life of the countries where they resided.

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IntroductionISKRENA YORDANOVA - FRANCESCO COTTICELLIPART ITHE POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC CULTURE'S PROTECTIONISM IN SEVENTEENTH-AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE"und mit der Protektion [] wird er, so hoffe ich, allen Beistand finden".Meccanismi e protezionismo: "viaggiatori" stranieriHELEN GEYER"Cacciarsi per tutto".Considerazioni sull'"invenzione viaggiante" e gli spazi del potereFRANCESCO COTTICELLIPART IIFLORENCE 1625 / VIENNA 1782: THE CROWN PRINCE'S GRAND TOUR AND ITS IMPACT ON MUSICAL CULTUREÓpera y diplomacia entre Italia y Polonia:del paso de Vladislao Vasa por Florencia hasta la inauguración del teatro de VarsoviaDANIEL MARTÍN SÁEZWhen Music Suits Diplomacy:The Grand Tour of Pavel Petrovich Romanov, 17811782ANNA GIUSTPART IIIMILAN: MANAGING OPERA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURYPatriziato, corti e impresariato teatrale in Italia nella seconda metàdel XVII secolo: il caso di MilanoROBERTA CARPANIPART IVROME: A STAGE FOR EUROPEAN DIPLOMACYAl suo Augustissimo Servitio Nobili e coronate Teste Patrone dei madrigali del musico di camera Domenico Dal PaneMARIA PAOLA DEL DUCAIl cardinale Pietro Ottoboni, la diplomazia e la musica (16891721)TERESA CHIRICOI cardinali Francesco e Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragonanella cultura di corte del settecento romanoROBERTO RICCIPART VTHE PALATINATE (KURPFALZ): THE DYNASTIC AND DIPLOMATICAL STRATEGIES OF ELECTOR PHILIPP WILHELM AND HIS SON JOHANN WILHELM Le figlie del Palatinato:rigenerazione del sangue e trasferimenti culturali tra le corti europeeGIULIO SODANODal Reno alla penisola iberica:i "musici" spia dell'elettore Palatino Giovanni Guglielmo (16901716)durante la Guerra di Successione SpagnolaVALENTINA ANZANIPART VILISBON: DIPLOMACY AND THE STAGELisbona nello specchio di Vienna:le lettere di Giuseppe Zignoni per una nuova visione sul teatro e sull'opera italiana in PortogalloGIUSEPPINA RAGGIThe Noblemen's Balcony:a Perspective on Theatre SubscriptionJOSÉ CAMõES - BRUNO HENRIQUESÓpera italiana, Corte portuguesa, Embajador español.El VI conde de Fernán Núñez y su labor como organizador musicalen la Lisboa de 1785FRANCISCO JOSÉ ROSAL NADALES PART VIINAPLES: THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF SPANISH AMBASSADORS UNDER THE REIGN OF CARLO BORBONE AND HIS SON FERDINAND"Fece spiccare la magnificenza del suo Padrone":le feste ispaniche per la nascita dell'erede al trono di Napoli (1748)PAOLOGIOVANNI MAIONEAlfonso Clemente de Aróstegui:musica, arte e mecenatismo nella Napoli borbonica di Carlo III e Ferdinando IVPAOLA DE SIMONE - NICOLÒ MACCAVINO PART VIIIVENICE, DRESDEN, BERLIN, VIENNA: DIPLOMACY AND AESTHETIC DISCOURSENote sul processo creativo del Saggio sopra l'opera in musicadi Francesco Algarotti: una testimonianza di cultura europeaGIOVANNI POLINLa Guerra dei Sette Anni (17561763).Politica, miti e glorificazione di Casa d'Austria in alcuni spettacoli della "riforma" del conte DurazzoARMANDO FABIO IVALDIAPPENDIXINDEX OF PERSONSLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS