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Divining the Oracle: Monteverdi's Seconda Prattica
Massimo Ossi
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Hardcover. Massimo Ossi delves into the most significant aspect of Monteverdi's career: the development of a new compositional style he called the "seconda prattica" or "second manner". Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 halftones, 24 tables, 30 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Claudio Monteverdi's historical position in music has been compared to that of Shakespeare in literature: almost exact contemporaries, each worked from traditional beginnings to transform nearly every genre he attempted. In this book, Massimo Ossi delves into the most significant aspect of Monteverdi's career: the development, during the first years of the 17th century, of a new compositional style he called the "seconda prattica" or "second manner". Challenged in print for the unconventional aspects of his music, Monteverdi found himself at the centre of a debate between defenders of Renaissance principles and the newest musical currents of the time. The ... Read more
Claudio Monteverdi's historical position in music has been compared to that of Shakespeare in literature: almost exact contemporaries, each worked from traditional beginnings to transform nearly every genre he attempted. In this book, Massimo Ossi delves into the most significant aspect of Monteverdi's career: the development, during the first years of the 17th century, of a new compositional style he called the "seconda prattica" or "second manner". Challenged in print for the unconventional aspects of his music, Monteverdi found himself at the centre of a debate between defenders of Renaissance principles and the newest musical currents of the time. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226638836
SKU
V9780226638836
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