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Monteverdi, Vespers (1610) / John Whenham.
| Author/creator | Whenham, John |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description | viii, 140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge music handbooks Cambridge music handbooks. ^A275900 |
| Contents | Introduction -- The 1610 settings and the liturgy of vespers -- The 1610 print and Monteverdi's career -- 'Suited to the chapels or chambers of princes' -- 'And all on a cantus firmus' -- Issues of performance -- Appendix 1. Second Vespers for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Birgin (15 August) -- Appendix 2. Plainsongs, texts and translations. |
| Abstract | This handbook provides a guide to the music in all its aspects--from an introduction to the service of Vespers itself, through the practice of chanting psalms in plainsong to analysis of Monteverdi's settings, ranging from the rhetoric of the motet 'Nigra sum' to the sub-text of the psalm 'Lætatus sum'. It also examines the issues involved in performing the Vespers and evaluates various scholarly debated on the music challenging the long-held ideas that the 'sacred concertos' are antiphon-substitutes and that the music could not have been performed at Santa Barbara, Mantua. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-133), discography (pages 134-136), and index. |
| LCCN | 96047886 |
| ISBN | 0521453771 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0521459796 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M77 W44 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M77 W44 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |