Music and culture in Italy from the Middle Ages to the Baroque : a collection of essays / Nino Pirrotta.
| Author/creator | Pirrotta, Nino |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1984. |
| Description | xiv, 485 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in the history of music ; 1 Studies in the history of music (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 1. ^A281106 |
| Contents | Musica de sono humano and the musical poetics of Guido of Arezzo -- Dante Musicus: gothicism, scholasticism, and music -- Ars nova and stil nova -- Polyphonic music for a text attributed to Frederick II -- New glimpses of an unwritten tradition -- The oral and written traditions of music -- Music and cultural tendencies in fifteenth-century Italy -- Church polyphony apropos of a new fragment at Foligno -- Zaccara da Teramo -- Ricercare and variations on O Rosa Bella -- Novelty and renewal in Italy: 1300-1600 -- Willaert and the Canzone Villanesca -- Notes on Marenzio and Tasso -- The orchestra and stage in Renaissance Intermedi and early opera -- Temperaments and tendencies in the Florentine Camerata -- Monteverdi and the problems of opera -- Theater, sets, and music in Monteverdi's operas -- Monteverdi's poetic choices -- Early Venetian libretti at Los Angeles -- The lame horse and the coachman: news of the operatic Parnassus in 1642 -- Falsirena and the earliest Cavatina -- Commedia dell'Arte and opera. |
| Abstract | The eminent Italian musicologist here analyzes major developments in music during the golden era from Dante to the Italian Baroque. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-470) and index. |
| LCCN | 83012827 |
| ISBN | 0674591089 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML290.1.P57 M8 1984 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |