Michael Talbot (musicologist)

This article is about the British musicologist. For other people with the same name, see Michael Talbot (disambiguation).

Michael Owen Talbot, FBA (born 4 January 1943 in Luton) is a British musicologist and composer.[1][2]

Talbot is a former Professor of Music at the University of Liverpool.[3] An expert in Italian baroque music,[4] Talbot has authored monographs on Antonio Vivaldi and Tommaso Albinoni, and is an editor of the scholarly journal "Studi Vivaldiani". He is also active as a historicist composer, and a member of the "Vox Saeculorum" society.[5]

Talbot's expertise has been called upon in instances where the authenticity and/or provenance of works has been questioned, including the discovery of the possible Vivaldi work Andromeda Liberata.[6]

Works

  • Antonio Vivaldi The Manchester Violin Sonatas(A-R Editions 1976) ISBN 0-89579-072-6
  • Vivaldi's 'Manchester' Sonatas(Cambridge University Press 1977)　
  • Vivaldi (London 1978, revised 1984 , 1993); German Antonio Vivaldi: The Venetian and Baroque Europe. Life and work (Stuttgart 1985, Frankfurt am Main 1998)
  • Vivaldi (London 1979)
  • Albinoni. Life and work (Adliswil / CH 1980)
  • Antonio Vivaldi: A Guide to Research (New York 1988)
  • Tomaso Albinoni: The Venetian Composer and His World (Oxford 1990, revised 1994)
  • Benedetto Vinaccesi: A Musician in Brescia and Venice in the Age of Corelli (Oxford 1994)
  • The Sacred Vocal Music of Antonio Vivaldi (Florence 1995)
  • Venetian Music in the Age of Vivaldi (Aldershot 1999)
  • The Musical Work: Reality or Invention? (Liverpool University Press 2000)
  • The Finale in Western Instrumental Music (Oxford 2001)
  • The Chamber Cantatas of Antonio Vivaldi (Woodbridge 2006)
  • Vivaldi and Fugue (Florence 2009)
  • The Vivaldi Compendium (Woodbridge 2011)

References

  1. ^ Curriculum Vitae of Emeritus Professor Michael Talbot, FBA
  2. ^ "Talbot, Prof. Michael Owen", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "The knives are out over the authenticity of an opera..." London: The Daily Telegraph. 23 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  4. ^ "Lost Handel set for modern debut". BBC. 12 March 2001. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  5. ^ Vox Saeculorum roster
  6. ^ White, Michael (21 November 2004). "The Vivaldi Hunters". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
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