Operas for the papal court, 1631-1668 / by Margaret Murata.

Author/creator Murata, Margaret
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor, MI : UMI Research Press, ©1981.
Descriptionx, 474 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in musicology ; no. 39
Studies in musicology ; no. 39. ^A163772
Contents Giulio Rospigliosi, 1600-1669 -- A history of the earlier operas -- The later operas -- Aspects of style in the libretti. Poetics ; Dramaturgy ; Characterization and theme -- The recitative. Elements of the declamatory style ; Dialogue recitative: context and continuity -- The recitative soliloquy -- The composition of an operatic style -- Appendixes. Descriptions, documents, and transcriptions. Il Sant'Alessio ; Erminia sul Giordano ; I Santi Didimo e Theodora ; Chi soffre speri ; San Bonifatio ; La Genoinda ; Il palazzo incantato ; Il Sant'Eustachio ; Dal male il bene ; Le armi e gli amori ; La vita humana ; La comica del cielo.
General noteRevision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 1975.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 459-467) and index.
LCCN 81002571
ISBN0835711226
ISBN9780835711227

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