Letters of Claudio Monteverdi

Zusatztext `a work of astonishing care and scholarship' Observer Informationen zum Autor Denis Stevens is President, Accademia Monteverdiana Zusammenfassung The thoughts of a master musician of the Baroque are seen in the light of his letters to friends and employers. Written from Cremona, Mantua, Parma and Venice, this correspondence illuminates the colourful background to the composer's personal activities and his creative endeavours.

Product details

• Authors: Claudio Monteverdi, Monteverdi Claudio
• Assisted by: Denis Stevens (Editor), Denis (President Stevens (Editor), Stevens Denis (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.1995
• EAN: 9780198164142
• ISBN: 978-0-19-816414-2
• No. of pages: 476
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Autobiography: general, MUSIC / History & Criticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Italy, baroque, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Composers and songwriters, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)