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The Gesualdo Hex
Glenn Watkins
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Description for The Gesualdo Hex
Hardcover. A riveting investigation of one of the most provocative musicians of the Renaissance, who continues to captivate composers, artists, and audiences today. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
In this vivid tale of adultery and intrigue, witchcraft and murder, Glenn Watkins explores the fascinating life of the Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo—a life suffused with scandal and bordering on the fantastical. An isolated prince, Gesualdo had a personal life that was no less eccentric and bewildering than the music he composed; his biography has often clouded our perception of his oeuvre, which music scholars have periodically dismissed as a late Renaissance deformation of little consequence.
Today, however, Gesualdo’s music, once deemed so strange as to be unperformable, stands as one of the most vibrant legacies of ... Read more
In this vivid tale of adultery and intrigue, witchcraft and murder, Glenn Watkins explores the fascinating life of the Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo—a life suffused with scandal and bordering on the fantastical. An isolated prince, Gesualdo had a personal life that was no less eccentric and bewildering than the music he composed; his biography has often clouded our perception of his oeuvre, which music scholars have periodically dismissed as a late Renaissance deformation of little consequence.
Today, however, Gesualdo’s music, once deemed so strange as to be unperformable, stands as one of the most vibrant legacies of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393071023
SKU
V9780393071023
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Ref
99-15
About Glenn Watkins
Glenn Watkins is the author of four books, including Proof Through the Night: Music and the Great War and Gesualdo: The Man and His Music, and is coeditor of Gesualdo’s complete works. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Reviews for The Gesualdo Hex
"[A] brilliant look at how cultural influences propagate through time in strange and unpredictable ways…"
Library Journal "With his second wonderfully illuminating book on Gesualdo, Watkins reconfirms the extremely significant role he has played in the further understanding of this remarkable prince’s life and work."
Brett Dean
Library Journal "With his second wonderfully illuminating book on Gesualdo, Watkins reconfirms the extremely significant role he has played in the further understanding of this remarkable prince’s life and work."
Brett Dean