教堂奏鸣曲——功能或者体裁

The Church Sonata——Function or Genre

巴洛克时期的“教堂奏鸣曲”(sonata da chiesa)虽然有许多定义,但如果把它放置在这一体裁形成之初、尤其是对于这一形式有着重要贡献的意大利作曲家科雷利及其同时代音乐家的创作语境中,我们会发现与教科书或者传统定义非常不同的一些解释。这些解释能够让我们充分认识到300年前这一体裁形式的建立对于欧洲器乐发展的原创性意义和重要影响力。文章是著者彼得·奥索普(Peter Allsop)对意大利巴洛克“教堂奏鸣曲”的论述,从这一器乐形式最为基本的概念认知,结合重要的第一手书信文献,构建出了巴洛克时代“教堂奏鸣曲”本真的历史定位。

Although the Baroque “da chiesa” has many definitions,we can find quite different interpretations from the textbooks or traditional definitions which placing it in the context of the genre at its inception,especially when the Italian composer Corelli and his contemporaries who made important contributions to the form. These interpretations enable us to fully appreciate how the establishment of this genre formed 300 years ago influenced on the development of European instrumental music and its original meaning. Based on the basic conceptual of the Italian Baroque instrumental music “da chiesa” and combined with important first-hand epigraphic documents,the author concludes the genre’s veridical position in the history.