Desperate measures the life and music of Antonia Padoani Bembo / Claire Fontijn.

Author/creator Fontijn, Claire Anne, 1960-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxx, 372 p. : ill., maps, music ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
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Subjects
Bembo, Antonia, active 1643-1715.
Bembo, Antonia, active 1643-1715--Criticism and interpretation.
Composers--France. --Biography.
Women composers--France. --Biography.

Contents The life. The girl who sings ; Our Lady of good news -- The music. Harmonic productions ; Ties that bind ; The united tastes ; Penitence ; Hercules in love -- Postscript : sunset.
Contents Contents of compact disc: Produzioni armoniche, no. 15, Clizia amante del sole -- Produzioni armoniche, no. 16, Habbi pietà di me -- Produzioni armoniche, no. 2, Al re -- Produzioni armoniche, no. 6, Lamento della Vergine -- Produzioni armoniche, no. 30, Passan veloci l'ore -- Produzioni armoniche, no. 33, Anima perfida -- Produzioni armoniche, no. 27, Mi consolo, non son solo -- Produzioni armoniche, no. 32, M'ingannasti in verità -- Les sept pseaumes de David, Psalm 101, Seigneur qui voit mes pleurs -- L'Ercole amante, II, vi, Pasithea, Mormorate o fiumicelli -- Texts and translations for tracks 1-10.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 341-359) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005033125
ISBN0195135385 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195135381 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195135381