The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi (Cambridge Companions to Music)

ClaudioMonteverdiisoneofthemostimportantfiguresof'early'music,acomposerwhosemusicspeakspowerfullyanddirectlytomodernaudiences.Thisbookprovidesanup-to-dateandauthoritativetreatmentofMonteverdiandhismusic,complementingPaoloFabbri'sstandardbiographyofthecomposer.Writtenbyleadingspecialistsinthefield,itisaimedatstudents,performersandmusic-loversingeneralandaddssignificantlytoourunderstandingofMonteverdi'smusic,hislife,andthecontextsinwhichheworked.Chaptersofferingoverviewsofhisoutputofsacred,secularanddramaticmusicarecomplementedby'intermedi',inwhichcontributorsexamineindividualworks,orsectionsofworksindetail.ThebookdrawsextensivelyonMonteverdi'slettersandincludesaselectdiscography/videographyandacompletelistofMonteverdi'sworkstogetherwithanindexoffirstlinesandtitles.