Poetical mottos in Tartini’s concertos : the latest concordances and questions

In 27 of his concertos Tartini used 39 poetical mottos taken mostly from opera or cantata librettos. Up to now there have been discovered text concordances for 20 mottos, but not all of them can be established with one-hundred percent certainty. This article adds 16 new concordances, discusses probable functions of the mottos and the nature of the sources from which the composer drew them, as well as the varying degrees of certainty regarding these convergences. The author formulate a hypothesis, that the source of Tartini’s literary quotations could be some anthology of arias from operas and cantatas in his possession. Apart from poetic quotations the article compares also the musical layer of some parts of Tartini’s concertos which carry incipits of arias by various authors with the originals, finding examples of subtle similarities. The author postulate to undertake in the future a detailed and wide-ranging research into musical quotations in Tartini’s concertos

"New" Cello Concertos by Nicola Porpora

The instrumental output of Nicola Porpora has not aroused great interest among re-searchers. For this reason, even the lists of his works in the most important musical dictionaries are incomplete. However, his instrumental works enjoyed considerable interest during the composer’s lifetime and even after his death. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to Porpora’s cello concertos. A closer analysis of previously known sources allows us to increase the number of such concertos by five pieces. Four of them have so far been considered to be trio sonatas, one has been preserved incom-pletely as an anonymous piece in the Library of Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella (I-Nc, M.S. 84/5–8). These seven cello concertos, also known in sources as sonatas or sinfonias, were written when very similar pieces were created in Naples by Nicola Fiorenza, Leonardo Leo, Giuseppe de Majo and Nicola Sabatino. Although Porpora was already active in Venice and London at that time, he most likely wrote these works with the courts of Neapolitan aristocrats in mind - the Viceroy Aloys Thomas von Harrach, the Duke of Maddaloni and the Marquis De Simone

The Venetian Instrumental Concerto During Vivaldi’s Time

It is the first monograph in which the concertos of all composers active in this field in the Republic of Venice in the years 1695–1740 are methodically discussed. The Venetian instrumental concerto from Vivaldi’s time is portrayed here through an extensive and thorough survey of the most complete and representative musical material that allowed for the making of conclusions as to its typology, form, style and technique. The concertos discussed here include 974 works by fifteen composers active in Venice, Brescia, Bergamo and Padua. Such an approach not only gives an exhaustive but also a more objective view on the history of the Baroque concerto in its Venetian variant. It shows Vivaldi’s work in a new and broad context, which allows us to better understand its unique character

The Venetian Instrumental Concerto During Vivaldi’s Time

It is the first monograph in which the concertos of all composers active in this field in the Republic of Venice in the years 1695–1740 are methodically discussed. The Venetian instrumental concerto from Vivaldi’s time is portrayed here through an extensive and thorough survey of the most complete and representative musical material that allowed for the making of conclusions as to its typology, form, style and technique. The concertos discussed here include 974 works by fifteen composers active in Venice, Brescia, Bergamo and Padua. Such an approach not only gives an exhaustive but also a more objective view on the history of the Baroque concerto in its Venetian variant. It shows Vivaldi’s work in a new and broad context, which allows us to better understand its unique character

Collaborative public health system interventions for chronic disease prevention among Urban Aboriginal peoples

Urban Aboriginal peoples are at higher risk to a variety of chronic diseases, compared with other Canadians. Social determinants of health, socio-ecological approaches to health, and life course perspectives can identify some of the various factors that contribute to this excess risk. The complexity of these factors suggests that an effective strategy for reducing this risk might be to focus on improving the capacity of the local public health system that serves Aboriginal people and families, rather than on interventions aimed solely at individual health behaviour change. This article uses the Healthy Weights Connection intervention as an example of one of several systems-focussed and collaborative approaches to improving the health of urban Aboriginal people. Despite their potential utility, we suggest that there are unique considerations for implementing and evaluating such interventions in an urban Aboriginal context