Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi

Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 0521232597
ISBN-13 : 9780521232593
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Book Synopsis Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi by : Nino Pirrotta

Download or read book Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi written by Nino Pirrotta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-02-04 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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