Michael Talbot (musicologist)
Michael Owen Talbot, is a British musicologist and composer.
Talbot is a former Professor of Music at the University of Liverpool. An expert in Italian baroque music, 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.
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.
Works
- Antonio Vivaldi The Manchester Violin Sonatas
- Vivaldi's 'Manchester' Sonatas
- Vivaldi ; German Antonio Vivaldi: The Venetian and Baroque Europe. Life and work
- Vivaldi
- Albinoni. Life and work
- Antonio Vivaldi: A Guide to Research
- Tomaso Albinoni: The Venetian Composer and His World
- Benedetto Vinaccesi: A Musician in Brescia and Venice in the Age of Corelli
- The Sacred Vocal Music of Antonio Vivaldi
- Venetian Music in the Age of Vivaldi
- The Musical Work: Reality or Invention?
- The Finale in Western Instrumental Music
- The Chamber Cantatas of Antonio Vivaldi
- Vivaldi and Fugue
- The Vivaldi Compendium