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Opera's first master : the musical dramas of Claudio Monteverdi

Title: Opera's first master : the musical dramas of Claudio Monteverdi / Mark Ringer.
Author: Ringer, Mark.
Publication: Pompton Plains, N.J. : Amadeus Press, 2006.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	*LDC 47171 [CD]	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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Description

xiv, 344 p.; 23 cm. +

Series Statement

Unlocking the masters series ; no. 8

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Bibliography (note)

Includes discography (p. [311]-313), bibliographical references (p. [315]-326), and index.

Contents

Introduction : Living with Monteverdi's operas -- Monteverdi and the path to L'Orfeo : polyphony, madrigal, and Monteverdi's early years -- "Lend me a castrato" : opera comes to Mantua -- "So that memory of his glory may live" : L'Orfeo -- The first lost opera and other works for Mantua -- "Contraries to move the mind" : Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and the journey toward the Venetian operas -- "Tempests are kind, and salt waves fresh in love" : Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria -- "Nothing human is alien to me" : L'incoronazione di Poppea.
Contents of compact disc: L'Orfeo. Toccata (1:49) ; La musica prologue (6:33) ; Possente spirto (5:06) ; Ritornello : Orfeo son io (4:39) (Concerto Vocale ; René Jacobs) -- Il ballo delle ingrate. Ballo (Les Arts Florissants ; William Christie) (4:49) -- Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. Penelope's opening scene : Di mesera regina (10:50) ; Iro's lament : O dolor! (6:02) ; Aria and duet : Illustratevi, o Cieli (4:10) (Concerto Vocale ; René Jacobs) -- L' incoronazione di Poppea. Seneca and his disciples : Amici, è giunta l'ora (5:51) ; Nerone, Lucano scene : Or che Seneca è morto (7:34) ; Poppea and Arnalta's "lullaby" scene (6:58) ; Ottavia : Addio, Roma (4:21) ; Nerone, Poppea duet : Pur ti miro (4:18) (Concerto Vocale ; René Jacobs).

Call Number

JME 09-483

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OCLC

64486333

Author

Ringer, Mark.

Title

Opera's first master : the musical dramas of Claudio Monteverdi / Mark Ringer.

Imprint

Pompton Plains, N.J. : Amadeus Press, 2006.

Series

Unlocking the masters series ; no. 8

Bibliography

Includes discography (p. [311]-313), bibliographical references (p. [315]-326), and index.

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Other Standard Identifier

073999863772

Research Call Number

JME 09-483 [Text]

*LDC 47171 [CD]