Tim Carter (Chapel Hill University of North Carolina), Francesca Fantappie

Staging 'Euridice'

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first comprehensive account of the creation and staging of the earliest surviving complete 'opera', Euridice, during the festivities celebrating the marriage of Maria de' Medici and King Henri IV of France in 1600. Â It will prove invaluable for anyone interested in Renaissance music, theatre, and their contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9781316515402
• ISBN-10: 1316515400
• Artikelnr.: 61871546

Autorenporträt

Tim Carter is David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of numerous books on topics ranging from Monteverdi to Rodgers and Hammerstein. He has held fellowships at the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, the Newberry Library in Chicago, and the National Humanities Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Sources, Transcriptions, and Translations
Money, Accounts, Measurements, Dates, and Time
List of Abbreviations, 1. Euridice in context
2. Staging and sets
3. Euridice in performance
4. Conclusions and consequences
Appendix I: Documents
Works cited
Index.