The Cambridge Companion to MonteverdiJohn Whenham, Richard Wistreich Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book, first published in 2007, provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field, it is aimed at students, performers and music-lovers in general and adds significantly to our understanding of Monteverdi's music, his life, and the contexts in which he worked. Chapters offering overviews of his output of sacred, secular and dramatic music are complemented by 'intermedi', in which contributors examine individual works, or sections of works in detail. The book draws extensively on Monteverdi's letters and includes a select discography/videography and a complete list of Monteverdi's works together with an index of first lines and titles. |
Contents
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Musical sources | 20 |
Monteverdis early works | 31 |
Ecco mormorar londe 1590 | 45 |
Monteverdi at Mantua 15901612 | 53 |
Spaces for music in late Renaissance Mantua | 76 |
The Mantuan madrigals and the Scherzi musicali | 95 |
Ahi come a un vago sol cortese giro 1605 | 111 |
The Venetian sacred music | 199 |
Magnificat SV281 1641 | 219 |
Monteverdis late operas | 227 |
Il ritorno dUlisse 1640 Act V scene 10 | 243 |
Monteverdi studies and new musicologies | 249 |
Monteverdi in performance | 261 |
Notes | 280 |
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Orfeo 1607 | 119 |
The Mantuan sacred music | 141 |
Laetatus sum 1610 | 155 |
Music in Monteverdis Venice | 163 |
The Venetian secular music | 179 |
Lamento della ninfa 1638 | 195 |
Selected discography | 310 |
catalogue and index | 314 |
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Cambridge Companions to Music | 359 |
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