Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Music Examples vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. Preface xi
6. Conventions and Abbreviations xiv
7. 1. The Rediscovery of Vivaldi’s Cantatas 1
8. 2. The Cantata Genre 25
9. 3. Vivaldi and the Voice 61
10. 4. The Mantuan Cantatas 89
11. 5. Cantatas of the Middle Years 120
12. 6. The Dresden Cantatas 164
13. 7. Vivaldi’s Cantatas in Perspective 188
14. Glossary 201
15. List of Vivaldi’s cantatas published in the New Critical Edition 206
16. Spurious Works 208
17. Bibliography 209
18. Index to Musical Works 217
19. General Index 223