Guarinis Il pastor fido and the Madrigal
Battista Guarini's pastoral tragicomedy, Il pastor fido (1589) began its life as a play, but soon was transformed through numerous musical settings by prominent composers of the late sixteenth and…
Specifikacia Guarinis Il pastor fido and the Madrigal
Battista Guarini's pastoral tragicomedy, Il pastor fido (1589) began its life as a play, but soon was transformed through numerous musical settings by prominent composers of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Through the many lives of this work, this book explores what happens when a lover's lament is transplanted from the theatrical stage to the courtly chamber, from speech to song, and from a single speaking character to an ensemble of singers, shedding new light on early modern literary and musical culture.From the play's beginnings in manuscripts, private readings, and aborted stage productions in the 1580s and 90s, through the gradual decline of Pastor fido madrigals in the 1640s, this book examines how this widely-read yet controversial text became the center of a lasting and prolific music tradition. Using a new integrative system of
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