Sternfield, A.F.W. (Emeritus Reader in the History of Music, University of Oxford)
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Hardback
280 pages
Frontispiece, Music Examples, Tables, Bibliography
Published: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198161301
Examines the role of poets and composers in establishing the new genre of opera in northern Italy around 1600. It discusses the problems of sung drama, particularly the required happy ending and its foil, the lament, and highlights the enduring appeal of
