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Opera's first master : the musical dramas of Claudio Monteverdi
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Opera's first master : the musical dramas of Claudio Monteverdi / Mark Ringer.
ISBN
1574671103
Published
Pompton Plains, N.J. : Amadeus Press, c2006.
Physical Description
xiv, 344 p. ; 23 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2006
Bibliography
Includes discography and videography (p. [311]-313), bibliographical references (p. [315]-326), and index.
Contents
Introduction : Living with Monteverdi's operas
Monteverdi and the path to L'Orfeo : polyphony, the madrigal, and Monteverdi's early years
"Lend me a castrato" : opera comes to Mantua
"So that memory of his glory may live" : L'Orfeo
The first lost opera and other works for Mantua
"Contraries to move the mind" : Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and the journey toward the Venetian operas
"Tempests are kind, and salt waves fresh in love" : Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
"Nothing human is alien to me" : L'incoronazione di Poppea.
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