Gesualdo : the man and his music / Glenn Watkins ; preface by Igor Stravinsky.
| Author/creator | Watkins, Glenn |
| Other author | Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, writer of preface. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1974, ©1973] |
| Description | xxiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The early years: 1560-1590 -- Ferrara: 1594-1596 -- The last years: 1597-1613 -- The question of mannerism -- Text and form -- The madrigals: books I and II -- The madrigals: books III and IV -- The madrigals: books V and VI -- The late style: models and successors -- The Sacrae cantiones -- The Responsoria -- Miscellanea -- Epilogue: the controversy. |
| Abstract | Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, is equally celebrated as the composer of madrigals of great power and tortured complexity and as the murderer of his wife and her lover in flagrante delicto. His life and compositions are not unconnected. His neurotic sensibility found an ideal outlet in the mannerist tendencies of late Renaissance music, and his works are the most extreme examples of those tendencies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index. |
| LCCN | 72078154 |
| ISBN | 0807812013 |
| Stock number | $17.50 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.G29 W5 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |