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Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi
Language: en
Pages: 436
Authors: Nino Pirrotta
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982-02-04 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book describes the many ways in which music was used in Italian theatrical performances between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In part
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Monteverdi's Musical Theatre
Language: en
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Authors: Lecturer in Music Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Tim Carter
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) is well known as the composer of the earliest operas still performed today. His Orfeo, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, and L'incor
Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750
Language: en
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Authors: Anthony M. Cummings
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"Florence is justly celebrated as one of the world's most important cities. It enjoys mythic status and occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination
Absolute Music and the Construction of Meaning
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Daniel Chua
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-11-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book is born out of two contradictions: first, it explores the making of meaning in a musical form that was made to lose its meaning at the turn of the nin