Late Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi is known by scholars as the father of opera. While Monteverdi did not directly invent the production, we honor him as the first to successfully produce three major operas that have survived to this day. His works set the stage for future opera composers, and he drastically influenced the rise of such a large scale production. He is most known for his opera Orfeo, which has continued to be adapted to the modern stage, and performed frequently in several opera houses. What led to the creation of such an extravagant production and never before heard musical ideas? The rise of the philosophy of humanism through discovered ancient Greco-Roman scrolls provided the foundation for new thoughts and pers...
The elevated status of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers over the last century provides the starting point f...
Three diverse operatic selections are discussed in light of a new approach to opera analysi
This is a 1914 thesis by Charlotte Anderson entitled, "The Development of the Opera"
Late Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi is known by scholars as the father of opera. While Mont...
After a long gap in their reception history, Claudio Monteverdi’s operas have since the early twent...
One of Claudio Monteverdi’s greatest contributions to the opera was his unification of musical ideas...
Composers of early operas faced the unique challenge of using their music as a dramatic form of ente...
Opera, perhaps fittingly described as an eclectic compilation of philosophy and Greek theater, emerg...
The score for Claudio Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo, published in 1609, includes a preliminary “Toccata” ...
Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar a realização de uma PARTITURA CONTEMPORÂNEA DE EXECUÇÃO da...
The opera emerges in the sixteenth century with the aim of reviving the Ancient tragedy, in which mu...
In efforts to prove the transition from modality to tonality in the late Renaissance era, this paper...
Ellen Rosand shows how opera, born of courtly entertainment, took root in the special social and eco...
This dissertation offers a reading of Alessandro Striggio and Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo as a reflec...
TITLE: THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC: Claudio Monteverdi as an innovator in the field of dealing with text i...
The elevated status of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers over the last century provides the starting point f...
Three diverse operatic selections are discussed in light of a new approach to opera analysi
This is a 1914 thesis by Charlotte Anderson entitled, "The Development of the Opera"
Late Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi is known by scholars as the father of opera. While Mont...
After a long gap in their reception history, Claudio Monteverdi’s operas have since the early twent...
One of Claudio Monteverdi’s greatest contributions to the opera was his unification of musical ideas...
Composers of early operas faced the unique challenge of using their music as a dramatic form of ente...
Opera, perhaps fittingly described as an eclectic compilation of philosophy and Greek theater, emerg...
The score for Claudio Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo, published in 1609, includes a preliminary “Toccata” ...
Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar a realização de uma PARTITURA CONTEMPORÂNEA DE EXECUÇÃO da...
The opera emerges in the sixteenth century with the aim of reviving the Ancient tragedy, in which mu...
In efforts to prove the transition from modality to tonality in the late Renaissance era, this paper...
Ellen Rosand shows how opera, born of courtly entertainment, took root in the special social and eco...
This dissertation offers a reading of Alessandro Striggio and Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo as a reflec...
TITLE: THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC: Claudio Monteverdi as an innovator in the field of dealing with text i...
The elevated status of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers over the last century provides the starting point f...
Three diverse operatic selections are discussed in light of a new approach to opera analysi
This is a 1914 thesis by Charlotte Anderson entitled, "The Development of the Opera"