Divining the Oracle: Monteverdi's Seconda Prattica
por OSSI, Massimo
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- Perto de Excelente
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/near fine
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Chicago ; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003. First Edition. Near fine/near fine. Hardcover : pp. [vi] xviii, 280 [286] : illustrated with figures, tables and around 30 musical examples : blue cloth boards : gilt to spine : Bernardo Castello illustration to blue jacket.
Handful of light foxing to top edge of block; jacket a little creased at spine head. "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 seventeenth 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 center of a debate between defenders of Renaissance principles and the newest musical currents of the time. The principles of the seconda prattica, Ossi argues in this sophisticated analysis of Monteverdi's writings, music, and approaches to text-setting, were in fact much more significant to the course of Monteverdi's career than previously thought by modern scholars-not only did Monteverdi continue to pursue their aesthetic and theoretical implications for the rest of his life, but they also affected his dramatic compositions as well as his chamber vocal music and sacred works. Ossi "divines the oracle" of Monteverdi's ambiguous theoretical concepts in a clear way and in terms of pure music; his book will enhance our understanding of Monteverdi as one of the most significant figures in western music history." - Publisher.
Handful of light foxing to top edge of block; jacket a little creased at spine head. "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 seventeenth 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 center of a debate between defenders of Renaissance principles and the newest musical currents of the time. The principles of the seconda prattica, Ossi argues in this sophisticated analysis of Monteverdi's writings, music, and approaches to text-setting, were in fact much more significant to the course of Monteverdi's career than previously thought by modern scholars-not only did Monteverdi continue to pursue their aesthetic and theoretical implications for the rest of his life, but they also affected his dramatic compositions as well as his chamber vocal music and sacred works. Ossi "divines the oracle" of Monteverdi's ambiguous theoretical concepts in a clear way and in terms of pure music; his book will enhance our understanding of Monteverdi as one of the most significant figures in western music history." - Publisher.
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- Livreiro
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 14833
- Título
- Divining the Oracle: Monteverdi's Seconda Prattica
- Autor
- OSSI, Massimo
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- near fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- The University of Chicago Press
- Local de publicação
- Chicago ; London
- Data de publicação
- 2003
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