Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi

Eales, Karen, Povoledo, Elena, Pirrotta, Nino

This book describes the many ways in which music was used in Italian theatrical performances between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In particular, it concentrates on Polizano's Orfeo, Machiavelli's commedies, the Florentine intermedi and early operas, and the first operas in Venice.

EAN

9780521090070

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

13 November 2008

Pages

436