Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of
''early'' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and
directly to modern audiences. This book provides an up-to-date and
authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing
Paolo Fabbri''s standard biography of the composer. Written by
leading specialists in the field, it is aimed at students,
performers and music-lovers in general and adds significantly to
our understanding of Monteverdi''s music, his life, and the contexts
in which he worked. Chapters offering overviews of his output of
sacred, secular and dramatic music are complemented by ''intermedi'',
in which contributors examine individual works, or sections of
works in detail. The book draws extensively on Monteverdi''s letters
and includes a select discographyvideography and a complete list
of Monteverdi''s works together with an index of first lines and
titles.
目錄:
List of illustrations page
Notes on contributors
Preface xiii
Chronology
John Whenham
1 Approaching Monteverdi: his cultures and ours
Anthony Pryer
2 Musical sources
Tim Carter
3 A model musical education: Monteverdi’s early works
Geoffrey Chew
INTERMEDIO I: ‘Ecco mormorar l’onde’ 1590
Geoffrey Chew
4 Monteverdi at Mantua, 1590–
Roger Bowers
5 Spaces for music in late Renaissance Mantua
Paola Besutti
6 The Mantuan madrigals and Scherzi musicali
Massimo Ossi
INTERMEDIO II: ‘Ahi, come a un vago sol cortese giro’ 1605
Massimo Ossi
7 Orfeo 1607
Joachim Steinheuer
8 The Mantuan sacred music
Jeffrey Kurtzman
INTERMEDIO III: ‘Laetatus sum’ 1610
Jeffrey Kurtzman
9 Music in Monteverdi’s Venice
Iain Fenlon
10 The Venetian secular music
Tim Carter
INTERMEDIO IV: Lamento della ninfa 1638
Tim Carter
11 The Venetian sacred music
John Whenham
INTERMEDIO V: Magnificat SV281 1641
John Whenham
12 Monteverdi’s late operas
Ellen Rosand
INTERMEDIO VI: Il ritorno d’Ulisse 1640, Act V, scene
Ellen Rosand
13 Monteverdi studies and ‘new’ musicologies
Suzanne G. Cusick
14 Monteverdi in performance
Richard Wistreich
Notes
Bibliography
Selected discography
Compiled by Richard Wistreich
The works of Monteverdi: catalogue and index
Compiled by John Whenham
Index of titles and first lines
Index of names and subjects