Con Che Soavita

Studies in Italian Opera, Song, and Dance, 1580-1740
Hardback
346 pages
14 Pp Plates, Numerous Music Examples
Published: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198163703

A discussion of Italian music in the 17th and early 18th centuries, which describes the leading composers (including Monteverdi, Vivaldi and Handel), theatrical and secular vocal music, and iconography.