Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Whenham, John

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139817738
• Artikelnr.: 37852276

Autorenporträt

John Whenham is Professor of Music History and Head of the Department of Music, University of Birmingham.
Richard Wistreich is Senior Lecturer and Head of Performance at the International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chronology
1. Approaching Monteverdi: his cultures and ours Anthony Pryer
2. Musical sources Tim Carter
3. A model musical education: Monteverdi's early works Geoffrey Chew
Intermedio I: 'Ecco mormorar l'onde' (1590) Geoffrey Chew
4. Monteverdi at Mantua 1590-1612 Roger Bowers
5. Spaces for music in late Renaissance Mantua Paola Besutti
6. The Mantuan madrigals and Scherzi musicali Massimo Ossi
Intermedio II: 'Ahi come a un vago sol cortese giro' (1605) Massimo Ossi
7. Orfeo (1607) Joachim Steinheuer
8. The Mantuan sacred music Jeffrey Kurtzman
Intermedio III: 'Laetatus sum' (1610) Jeffrey Kurtzman
9. Music in Monteverdi's Venice Iain Fenlon
10. The Venetian secular music Tim Carter
Intermedio IV: Lamento della Ninfa (1638) Tim Carter
11. The Venetian sacred music John Whenham
Intermedio V: Magnificat SV281 (1641) John Whenham
12. Monteverdi's late operas Ellen Rosand
Intermedio VI: Il ritorno d'Ulisse (1640), Act V, scene 10 Ellen Rosand
13. Monteverdi studies and 'new' musicologies Suzanne Cusick
14. Monteverdi in performance Richard Wistreich
Bibliography
Selected discography Richard Wistreich
The works of Monteverdi: catalogue and index John Whenham
Index of titles and first lines.