Dieser interdisziplinäre Band gilt Agostino Steffani in allen drei Facetten seines Schaffens: dem Künstler, dem Politiker und dem Geistlichen. 19 Beiträge präsentieren den aktuellen Wissensstand über diesen inzwischen weltweit wiederentdeckten Grenzgänger, der schon länger die Aufmerksamkeit der Musikwissenschaftler sowie der Frühneuzeit- und Kirchenhistoriker erregte - und nicht zuletzt auch die der Künstler und des Publikums. 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.

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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 Agostino Steffani’s work – the musical, the political and the ecclesiastical.