Tempesta

Tempesta is the stormy musical language employed whenever a composer wishes to inspire terror in an audience. This study explores the large repertoire of such music to examine programmatic storm depictions and the idea of tempesta as a topic in instrumental music.

Clive McClelland is associate professor of music at the University of Leeds, West Yorkshire

Chapter 1 Tempesta Music in Context Chapter 2 Tonality (Opera) Chapter 3 Harmony and Line (Opera) Chapter 4 Tempo and Rhythm (Opera) Chapter 5 Texture, Dynamics and Instrumentation (Opera) Chapter 6 Case Studies in Opera Chapter 7 Tempesta in Sacred Music Chapter 8 Tempesta in Instrumental Music Chapter 9 Towards Romanticism