Book of Donmon Teith

Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book,

The first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline.

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This Companion provides a biographical, theatrical, and social-cultural background for Verdi's operas, examines in detail important general aspects of its style

First published in 2005, this title provides extensive knowledge on seventeenth-century music.