10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «MONTEVERDI»
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Monteverdi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Monteverdi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
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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
2
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610)
A guide to Monteverdi's Vespers, providing in-depth information on music settings and performance practice.
3
The
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 : Music, Context, ...
This is a thorough-going study of Monteverdi's Vespers, the single most significant and most widely known musical print from before the time of J.S. Bach.
4
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
5
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.
6
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.
7
Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy
Ellen Rosand considers these works as not merely a pair but constituents of a trio, a Venetian trilogy that, Rosand argues, properly includes a third opera, "Le nozze d'Enea "(1641).
8
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, ...
9
Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio
Monteverdi
This book, the first layperson's guide to Monteverdi, seeks to stimulate appreciation for his operas by examining them not as musicological relics but as the vital theatrical experiences they are.
10
Divining the Oracle:
Monteverdi's Seconda Prattica
In this book, Massimo Ossi delves into the most significant aspect of Monteverdi's career: the development, during the first years of the seventeenth century, of a new compositional style he called the seconda prattica or "second manner.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONTEVERDI»
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Monteverdi is used in the context of the following news items.
The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
On October 23, 7:30 pm, Early Music Vancouver presents Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Road, UBC). «Straight.com, Oct 15»
Proms 2015: Prom 25, Monteverdi – Orfeo, review: '
John Eliot Gardiner has been immersed in Monteverdi's music for over half a century now, but there's nothing routine or sclerotic about the way he plays it – and I ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 15»
New: Ulysses Returns: Monteverdi's IL RITORNO D'ULISSE IN …
West Edge Opera last week staged Alban Berg's Lulu in Oakland's abandoned Wood Street train station; and this week they've staged Claudio Monteverdi's Il ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Aug 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 those British worthies ... «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 Massachusetts, ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Review: Boston Early Music Festival Makes Monteverdi Its Main …
BOSTON — To say that Monteverdi has swallowed the Boston Early Music Festival this year would not be quite right. That would, after all, take a considerable ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
BEMF crowns Monteverdi trilogy with elegant new 'Ulisse'
This , as the poet Giacomo Badoaro wrote, was what Monteverdi could provide in his music, if only he could be persuaded to return to the genre of opera. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner review – wonderfully committed and …
The Monteverdi Choir's Wigmore concert, with its founder-conductor John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, was an evening of two very disparate ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Gardiner and a strong cast bring Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” to life
Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, performed by the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, eminence grise of the ... «New York Classical Review, May 15»
Concert review: Chatham Baroque succeeds with Monteverdi program
Peter Kope, producing artistic director of Attack Theatre, left, collaborates Chatham Baroque's Patricia Halverson and Scott Pauley for Monteverdi's "The Battle of ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 15»
