The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi

by Edited by John Whenham , Richard Wistreich

• ISBN13: 9780521697989
• ISBN10: 0521697980
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-04
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 provides an up-to-date and 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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chronology

Approaching Monteverdi: his cultures and ours Anthony Pryer

Musical sources Tim Carter

A model musical education: Monteverdi's early works Geoffrey Chew

Intermedio

'Ecco mormorar l'onde' (1590) Geoffrey Chew

Monteverdi at Mantua 1590-1612 Roger Bowers

Spaces for music in late Renaissance Mantua Paola Besutti

The Mantuan madrigals and Scherzi musicali Massimo Ossi

Intermedio

'Ahi come a un vago sol cortese giro' (1605) Massimo Ossi

Orfeo (1607) Joachim Steinheuer

The Mantuan sacred music Jeffrey Kurtzman

Intermedio

'Laetatus sum' (1610) Jeffrey Kurtzman

Music in Monteverdi's Venice Iain Fenlon

The Venetian secular music Tim Carter

Intermedio

Lamento della Ninfa (1638) Tim Carter

The Venetian sacred music John Whenham

Intermedio

Magnificat SV281 (1641) John Whenham

Monteverdi's late operas Ellen Rosand

Intermedio

Il ritorno d'Ulisse (1640), Act V, scene 10 Ellen Rosand

Monteverdi studies and 'new' musicologies Suzanne Cusick

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

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