Table of Contents

List of Plates
List of Tables
Abbreviations
The Man
1: The Legend: Fact and Fiction
2: Il Bolognese
3: Rome: The Early Years
4: Rome: The Late Years
The Music
5: The Free Sonatas a 3 (1)
6: The Free Sonatas a 3 (2)
7: The Sonate da Camera a 3
8: The `Solo' Sonatas
9: The Concerti Grossi
10: The Italian Legacy
11: Dissemination
Bibliography
Musical Examples
Index

Reviews

`Ostensibly mundane details, about payments to musicians, for instance, convey a vivid picture of the palaces, theatres and outdoor carnivals for which Corelli played and composed ... he not only adds to the sum of scholarly information but also, by the enthusiasm and the vividness of his contextual descriptions, enhances appreciation of the music itself ... while the scholarship is meticulous, there is much to appeal to the general reader ... Chapters on
Corelli's subsequent influence, eight handsome plates, and 47 pages of musical examples complete a timely reappraisal of a celebrated yet strangely elusive figure.'
George Pratt, BBC Music, November 1999
`gives a much-needed update to our view of Corelli. It encapsulates a formidable amount of information about a repertoire which has always been popular, particularly in England.'
Ann Bond, Musical Times, Winter 99