10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONTEVERDI»
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The Cambridge Companion to
Monteverdi
This book, first published in 2007, provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer.
John Whenham, Richard Wistreich,
2007
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Monteverdi: music in transition
This is the first English-language edition of Leopold's acclaimed 1982 study of Claudio Monteverdi.
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Monteverdi: Vespers (1610)
A guide to Monteverdi's Vespers, providing in-depth information on music settings and performance practice.
This book, originally published in Italian, is a leading study of the greatest composer of late Renaissance and early Baroque Italy.
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Monteverdi's Unruly Women: The Power of Song in Early Modern ...
Uses the music of Monteverdi, written between 1600-1640, to illuminate understandings of music, science, culture and the female body.
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Monteverdi: sacred, secular, and occasional music
A practically oriented and concise guide for both the musician and the researcher.
7
Claudio
Monteverdi: Orfeo
This book--essential reading for all students of Monteverdi and of the early history of opera--will also enhance the enjoyment of opera-goers and record-collectors alike.
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From Madrigal to Opera:
Monteverdi's Staging of the Self
Common strategies, rooted in Petrarch's poetic practice, indeed united the two genres. This book will shape the discussion of early modern vocal music in the coming years.
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Monteverdi and the End of the Renaissance
Combining a close study of Monteverdi's secular works with recent research on late Renaissance history, Gary Tomlinson places the composer's creative career in its broad cultural context and illuminates the state of Italian music, poetry, ...
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The Letters of Claudio
Monteverdi
This, the fullest edition of Monteverdi's letters, makes every known letter available in English translation.
Claudio Monteverdi, Denis Stevens,
1980
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONTEVERDI»
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9, also includes Laura Kaminsky's "As One," performed at the Oakland Metro, and Monteverdi's "Ulysses (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria)," at ... «Monterey County Herald, Jul 15»
How Alan Curtis changed our lives (and music)
His radically new 'reconstruction' of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, first heard in Berkeley in the '60s, marked the first time in three ... «Slipped Disc, Jul 15»
Dunedin Consort review – evanescent, visceral, thrilling Monteverdi
It's debatable whether Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 stands on a direct evolutionary line with the Floral Dance, but since the Durham brass ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
New British Academy fellows take total past 1000
... Dame Carol Ann Duffy, poet laureate; and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, founder and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
How do you put together the Proms?
... applies his peerless touch to Bach; while Sir John Eliot Gardiner illuminates Berlioz and Monteverdi with his period-instrument ensembles. «BBC News, Jul 15»
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, City of London Festival, St Paul's …
Interspersing Monteverdi's solo and choral settings with plainchant antiphons, versicles and a solo violin sonata by Giovanni Battista Fontana, ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Monteverdi Vespers at St Paul's Cathedral
What a pleasant shock, then, when the first sung note in Monteverdi's Vespers rang out like a rifle shot, one piercing enough to have felled ... «The Times, Jul 15»
Review: Aston Magna and Boston Early Music Festivals Offer …
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The mighty wind of Monteverdi that blew through Boston a couple of weeks ago found its way here, to western ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Aston Magna enacts Monteverdi's conflicts of the heart
Few composers better exploited that paradox than Claudio Monteverdi, the focus of Aston Magna's Thursday concert. The music didn't so much ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
Monteverdi: Madrigals Vol 1 CD review – Les Arts Florissants …
What was it with Cremona? The great luthiers Amati, Guarnari and Stradivari all had shops in the sleepy Lombardy town. Claudio Monteverdi ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»