"Weeping at the Water's Edge"

Paper Summary:

The writer examines the article "Weeping at the Water's Edge" where Anne MacNeil discusses the history of the opera "L'Arianna" by Claudio Monteverdi. The writer discusses MacNeil's thesis that the performance of "L'Arianna" by Claudio Monteverdi was a representation of the marriage rite that was performed in 1608. The writer then relates what this article has taught him.

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"Throughout the article, Anne MacNeil uses many different points of persuasion to defend her thesis. In an effort to solidify her argument, she used the thoughts of scholars like Suzanne Cusick to argue against their personal thesis to support her own. MacNeil also used examples and illustrations from many famous early writers, including Aristotle and Greek dramatists like Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, to show that the performance of Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi was a representation of the marriage rite that was performed in 1608."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Claudio Monteverdi. 29 Jan. 2008. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 3 Feb. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi#Life_and_works>.
• L'Arianna. 19 Jan. 2008. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 3 Feb. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Arianna>.
• MacNeil, Anne. "Weeping at the Water's Edge." Early Music 27.3 (1999): 406-417. JSTOR. 3 Feb. 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0306-1078%28199908%2927%3A3%3C406%3AWATWE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6>.

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