Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
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Review
'John Whenham approaches his task with an appropriately passionate sobriety, his impeccable scholarship presents all the evidence ... his speculations always command respect.' The Musical Times
'John Whenham gives an amazingly full, instructive and inspirational picture of The Vespers; this is something that can rarely be said of most manuals - this one, however, is the exception.' Canor
Book Description
Monteverdi's Vespers is an exceptional collection of sacred music, both in the inventiveness of the compositions that it contains and in the debate that it has provoked over its use in the seventeenth century and over Monteverdi's intentions in publishing it. This handbook provides all the information that the reader needs for an in-depth appreciation of the musical settings themselves, of the debate that surrounds the original intention of the volume and of the problems of performing the music today. The book includes the texts and plainsongs used by Monteverdi, and a discography.
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) (Cambridge Music Handbooks),John Whenham,Julian Rushton,Cambridge University Press,0521459796,1567-1643,1567-1643.,General,History & Criticism - General,Monteverdi, Claudio,,Music,Performing Arts,Religious - General,Vespro della Beata Vergine,Composers & musicians,Monteverdi, Claudio,--1567-1643.--Vespro della Beata Vergine,Music / General,Sacred & religious music
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