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Monteverdi's Operas
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Monteverdi's Operas
Examines career of 17th Cent. Venetian composer,focusing on his major works, techniques, style, themes and impact on his culture.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
10 sources |
1999
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" Although Monteverdi came late to the opera scene in Venice, he established himself as a master of the genre. No composer was more adept than Monteverdi at expressing human emotion through music. An examination of Monteverdi's life from 1633 to his death reveals a composer whose brilliance never diminished with age.By 1633, Monteverdi, although advanced in age, was a prolific composer. His name and publications were famous throughout Europe. During this period Monteverdi also set out to prepare a musical treatise, in which he hoped to make clear to the musical world the theories that formed the basis of his seconda prattica, or second practice.
In 1633, Monteverdi was still music director at St. Mark's, Venice, a post he had held since 1613. By the 1630s, Monteverdi.."
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