| Description |
xiv, 344 pages. ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Unlocking the masters series ; no. 8
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Unlocking the masters series ; no. 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes discography and videography (pages. 311-313), bibliographical references (pages. 315-326), and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Living with Monteverdi's operas -- Monteverdi and the path to L'Orfeo : polyphony, 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. |
| Subject |
Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Operas.
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Opera -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Opera. |
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Italy. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| ISBN |
1574671103 |
| Standard No. |
9781574671100 |
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