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Informationen zum Autor Richard Wistreich! Director of Research! Royal College of Music! London! UK Zusammenfassung Claudio Monteverdi is recognized as the towering figure of a critical transitional moment of Western music history. This title collects the 17 articles that contribute to one or more significant strands in Monteverdi studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Part I Text and Music: Monteverdi's poetic choices! Nino Pirrotta; Madrigal! monody! and Monteverdi's 'via naturale alla immitatione'! Gary Tomlinson; Monteverdi's mimetic art: 'L'incoronazione di Poppea'! Ellen Rosand; Resemblance and representation: towards a new aesthetic in the music of Monteverdi! Tim Carter. Part II Theory and Genre: Artusi! Monteverdi! and the poetics of modern music! Tim Carter; Gendering modern music: thoughts on the Monteverdi-Artusi controversy! Suzanne G. Cusick; Claudio Monteverdi's Ordine novo! bello et gustevole: the canzonetta as dramatic module and formal archetype! Massimo Ossi; Monteverdi's three genera: a study in terminology! Barbara Russano Hanning. Part III Criticism! Analysis and History: Constructions of gender in Monteverdi's dramatic music! Susan McClary; The Platonic agenda of Monteverdi's Seconda Pratica: a case study from the 8th Book of Madrigals! Geoffrey Chew; Monteverdi! two sonnets and a letter! Anthony Pryer; Tacitus incognito: opera as history in L'incoronazione di Poppea! Wendy Heller. Part IV Institutional! Source and Performance Issues: Musicians at the court of Mantua during Monteverdi's time: evidence from the payrolls! Susan Parisi; Monteverdi's Mantuan 'Orfeo': some new documentation! Iain Fenlon; Transposition in Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610: an 'aberration' defended! Andrew Parrott; La Poppea Impasticciata or! who wrote the music to L'incoronazione (1643)?! Alan Curtis; Monteverdi's 'Mass of Thanksgiving' revisited! Jeffrey G. Kurtzman; Name index.
