The Song of the Soul - Understanding Poppea

L'incoronazione di Poppea is the most compelling of all early Italian operas and this has, in part, been responsible for the way in which it has become separated from its social and historical context. In this book, Iain Fenlon and Peter Miller show how an understanding of contemporary Venetian intellectual currents and preoccupations provides a key to the structure of the opera's libretto, the progress of the action and the points of emphasis in both the music and the text.

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Iain Fenlon

Summary

L'incoronazione di Poppea is the most compelling of all early Italian operas and this has, in part, been responsible for the way in which it has become separated from its social and historical context. In this book, Iain Fenlon and Peter Miller show how an understanding of contemporary Venetian intellectual currents and preoccupations provides a key to the structure of the opera's libretto, the progress of the action and the points of emphasis in both the music and the text.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Iain Fenlon, Iain Fenlon, Fenlon Iain, Peter N. Miller, Miller Peter N.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780947854041
• ISBN: 978-0-947854-04-1
• No. of pages: 112
• Weight: 370 g
• Series: Royal Musical Association Monographs; Royal Musical Association Mono; Royal Musical Association Monographs; Royal Musical Association Mono
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; REFERENCE / Dictionaries, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, Dictionaries