Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521090070)

This book describes the many ways in which music was used in Italian theatrical performances between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In particular, it concentrates on Polizano's Orfeo, Machiavelli's commedies, the Florentine intermedi and early operas, and the first operas in Venice.

Author: Nino Pirrotta, Elena Povoledo
ISBN-10: 0521090075
ISBN-13: 9780521090070
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2008
Pages: 436
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.89d