Italian versification: a note Steven Botterill
Part I. The Early Decades: 1. The seventeenth-century madrigal
2. Giovan Battista Marino and the poesia per musica
3. Music for solo voice
4. Claudio Monteverdi before 1620
5. The 'crisis' of the seventeenth century
6. 'Concerto'
7. Monteverdi after 1620
8. The classification of styles
9. Scientific thought and musical theory
10. Theory and practice
11. Musical publicity
12. Music publishing and music collecting
13. Social condition of the musician
14. Instrumental and dance music
Part III. Sacred Vocal Music: 15. Music in the Catholic liturgy
16. Catholic devotional music
17. The music of the lutheran Church: Heinrich Schütz
18. Sacred music as music of the State: France and England
Part IV. Opera: 19. The historiography of opera
20. Opera before 1637
21. The Venetian theatres
22. The diffusion of opera in Italy
23. Formal and dramatic convention
the lament
24. Opera in German-speaking lands: Vienna and Hamburg
25. The tragédie lyrique: Jean-Baptiste Lully
26. Theatrical music in England and Spain.
