Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi: Cambridge Studies in Music book

Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi: Cambridge Studies in Music book by Nino Pirrotta : Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.\n\nFormat: Hardcover\n\nAuthor: Nino Pirrotta\n\nISBN: 9780521232593\n\nCondition: Used - Very Good\n\nWestcove UK offer a 100% money back guarantee. If for any reason you are not happy with your transaction, please let us know and we will do whatever we can to resolve your issues.\n\nAbout the book >.>.> This book describes the many ways in which music was used in Italian theatrical perform-ances between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In particular, it concen-trates on Poliziano's Orfeo, Machiavelli's com-edies, the Florentine intermedi and early operas, and the first operas in Venice. Professor Pirrotta stresses how the use of music as a vehicle for emotional expression in the earlier period gradually gave way to wor)