Some forerunners of Italian opera

William James Henderson

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HENDERSON (Sllarfnre ®rant l^amtUon.^ |f ^ N„. If . . . ofqttec ccotteRcaon sis *ifpROsencsco 6.BF Ji.fi/iffiiccroaj=CD;r M SOME FORERUNNERS OF ITALIAN OPERA BY W. HENDERSONJ. AUTHOR OF THE ORCHESTRA AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC,' *'WHAT IS GOOD MUSIC," "THE ART OF THE SINGER," ETC. NEW YORK HENRY COMPANYHOLT AND 1911 1 i 3ru e^^'a 00 Copyright, 1911, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY Published March, 191 ^^ \ty^/i H^ THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. TO HER **In a land sand and ruin andof gold There shone one woman andy none but she.'** Swinburne PREFACE is to offer topurpose of this volume'T^HE study of theEnghsh reader a shortthe the birth ofin Italy prior tolyric drama the growthnote in its historyopera, and to influences whichelements andof the artistic resortFlorentine reformers tofinally led the in their search for athe ancient dramato expression. The authormedium ofsimplified to his aims thatdeemed it essentialhas not of all Europeanrecount the historyhe should drama, but onlyin the field of lyricessays affected theof those which directlythat important.hence the mostItalians and were isgivenwhile some attentionFor this reason, Germanthe French andthe beginning toin itselfsoon confinesliturgical plays, the story Italy.to PrefaceVI characterandperformanceof theThe study ""drama, the OrfeoItaHan secularof the first lyric work, isunquestionably aPoliziano,of years of labor. The authorof somethe result on thisthat what he has to offerbeHeves possess historical value.

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• Opéra

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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HENDERSON(Sllarfnre ®rant l^amtUon.^ |f
^ N„. If
. . .
ofqttec ccotteRcaon
sis *ifpROsencsco 6.BF
Ji.fi/iffiiccroaj=CD;rMSOME FORERUNNERS
OF
ITALIAN OPERA
BY
W. HENDERSONJ.
AUTHOR OF
THE ORCHESTRA AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC,'
*'WHAT IS GOOD MUSIC," "THE
ART OF THE SINGER," ETC.
NEW YORK
HENRY COMPANYHOLT AND
19111
i
3ru
e^^'a 00
Copyright, 1911,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published March, 191
^^ \ty^/i H^
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.TO HER
**In a land sand and ruin andof gold
There shone one woman andy none but she.'**
Swinburne