Monteverdi : his life and work / by Henry Prunieres ; translated from the French by Marie D. Mackie.
| Author/creator |
Prunières, Henry, 1886-1942 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, Inc., 1974, 1926. |
| Description | vii, 293 pages : music ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Part I. Monteverdi at Cremona and Mantua (1567-1613). Early years -- The Five Books of Madrigals and the Scherzi -- Part II. The dramatic spectacles at the court of Mantua. Orfeo -- Arianna and the celebrations of 1608 -- Monteverdi and the Gonzaga family -- Part III. Monteverdi at Venice (1613-1643). The chapel of San Marco -- Monteverdi's sacred music -- Operas and court spectacles (1615-1630) -- From the madrigal to the cantata (1615-1638) -- The Venetian operas -- Last years and death of Monteverdi -- Appendices. Catalogue of Monteverdi's works -- Complete list of Monteverdi's correspondence -- Selected letters from Monteverdi's correspondence. |
| Abstract | The object of the present volume is to combine the story of Monteverdi's life with a critical study of his works. In spite of long and patient research in Italian archives, it has been possible to add here relatively little new material to the biography of the Master. On this subject, all that matters has been published long since. The investigations of Padre Caffi (1858), Padre Canal, S. Davari (1885), Angelo Solerti, Ademollo, Picenardi, and Emilio Vogel have provided documents which permit of a complete reconstitution of the life of the great musician, and it is in view of such a reconstitution that the author has considered Monteverdi as far as possible in relation to the artistic circle in which he moved, among the composers contemporary to him, and that the author has dwelt upon the life of the courts and cities in which Monteverdi's passionate life was lived, in which his talent was formed and matured. |
| General note | With numerous music examples. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-290) and index. |
| Original version | Reprint. Originally published: London : J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. (Dent's international library of books on music). |
| LCCN | 70100830 |
| ISBN | 0837139961 |
| ISBN | 9780837139968 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M77 P77 1974 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |