This is the fullest edition of Monteverdi's letters yet to appear in any language, presenting each of his 126 known letters in English translation. Spanning the years 1601-1643, the letters give an unrivalled picture of the life of a busy composer at one of the most exciting and crucial periods in music history. This new edition incorporates numerous corrections and a great deal of new material.

The Letters of Claudio Monteverdi

Biographies & Memoirs

Monteverdi, Claudio

Stevens, Denis

Arts & Literature

Oxford University Press

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) ranks not only as a major composer of the Early Baroque, but also as one of the most important and influential figures in music history. His madrigals — secular songs usually on the theme of love and written for a small number of voices, often unaccompanied — are now the subject of much study, recording, and performance. Recognized today for their profound effect on the transition from the polyphonic style of the late Renaissance to the declamatory homophonic style of the Baroque, they are among the greatest musical legacies from the past. This convenient edition presenting both Books IV and V makes available for the first time 39 of Monteverdi's finest madrigals in one inexpensive paperbound volume. Originally published at the turn of the 17th century, they represent "the peak of the music that Monteverdi produced in the first half of his life" (New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians) and the beginning of a new homophobic tradition that was to flower in the operas of the Baroque. Extremely moving, they express Monteverdi's revolutionary idea — seconda prattica — stressing the emotion of the words over the strict polyphonic structure of the music. Amateurs and professionals alike will enjoy the new English line-for-line translations of the poems facing the reliable Italian text printed in verse form. Mostly for five unaccompanied voices, the madrigals (20 in Book IV and 19 in Book V) have been carefully reproduced and enlarged from the epoch-making edition prepared by the Venetian composer Gian Francesco Malipiero in 1927. Included are a new preface, translations of Monteverdi's prefaces, identification of the poets, and historical discussion. Ideal for amateur get-togethers, professional performances, and vocal study and practice, this sturdy, affordable edition will be treasured by Monteverdi fans for years to come.

Madrigals, Books IV & V (Dover Song Collections)

Arts & Photography

Music

Dover Publications

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) ranks not only as a major composer of the Early Baroque, but also as one of the most important and influential figures in music history. His madrigals — secular songs usually on the theme of love and written for a small number of voices, often unaccompanied — are now the subject of much study, recording, and performances. Recognized today for their profound effect on the transition from the polyphonic style of the late Renaissance to the declamatory homophonic style of the Baroque, they are among the greatest musical legacies from the past. The present volume presents all the madrigals from Book VIII, the last and one of the most popular books of madrigals written by Monteverdi and produced under his supervision. Originally published in Venice in 1638, it comprises two parts, Canti Guerrieri and Canti Amorosi ("pertaining to war and love"), and represents a grand retrospective of music Monteverdi composed over some 30 years. The book is reprinted here from an authoritative Italian edition and includes a new preface, new English translations of the original prefatory material (including a major theoretical statement), and the Italian texts printed in poem form facing new English line-for-line literal translations.

Madrigals, Book VIII: Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi (Dover Song Collections)

Poppea Libretto

Faber Music Ltd

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Monteverdi's 1607 version of the legend of Orpheus is arguably the first masterpiece of opera. Composed for the court of Mantua, where Monteverdi was employed, it is very different from his two other surviving operas, which he wrote more than thirty years later to entertain Venetian audiences in the first public opera houses. Orfeo was long considered untranslatable, because the text is so closely tied to the music, and the Venetian librettos owe some of their brilliance to Spanish Golden Age theatre. This opera guide is an opportunity to read all three of Monteverdi's stage works together, in Anne Ridler's graceful translations.

The Operas of Monteverdi: (English National Opera Guide 45) (Opera Guides)

Reference

Overture Publishing

Claudio Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers

NOVELLO ET CO

Secondo Libro dei Madrigali (Translated - Dutch): Tasso, Bembo & alii - Claudio Monteverdi (Luisterlibretti) (Dutch Edition)

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Independently published

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Favola in musica

Barenreiter-Verlag Karl Votterle

Monteverdi: Orfeo

Editions Henry Lemoine

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