Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi, Tom 1Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006 - 344 (Unlocking the Masters). Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was the first great opera composer and is often hailed as the creator of modern music. His genius was often likened to that of Mozart, Wagner, and Verdi, but in many of the world's opera houses his operas often receive an almost chilly respect, far removed from the nearly universal love aroused by those later masters. This book, the first layperson's guide to Monteverdi, seeks to stimulate appreciation for his operas by examining them not as musicological relics but as the vital theatrical experiences they are. Ringer places Monteverdi's operatic works within the musical and theatrical framework of his era, offering a brief sketch of the composer's early years and detailing the complex forces that led to the emergence of opera in late sixteenth-century Florence. Opera's First Master enables opera lovers to see and hear Monteverdi's masterpieces anew, while opening new channels of inquiry into how Monteverdean opera "works" in the theater. |
Spis treści
Monteverdi and the Path to LOrfeo Polyphony Madrigal and Monteverdis Early Years | 1 |
Lend Me a Castrato Opera Comes to Mantua | 29 |
So That Memory of His Glory May Live LOrfeo | 43 |
The First Lost Opera and Other Works for Mantua | 91 |
Contraries to Move the Mind Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and the Journey toward the Venetian Operas | 115 |
Tempests Are Kind and Salt Waves Fresh in Love Il ritorno dUlisse in patria | 137 |
Nothing Human Is Alien to Me Lincoronazione di Poppea | 213 |
Postlude | 309 |
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Track Descriptions and Listing | 341 |
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Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi, Tom 1 Mark Ringer Widok fragmentu - 2006 |
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