Word Image and Song Vol. 1

The rich cultural environment of early modern Italy inspired a vast array of musical innovations: this was the first age of the virtuoso performer the era that witnessed the beginnings of opera and a moment that saw the intersection and cross-fertilization of madrigals and songs of all sorts. <I>Word Image and Song: Essays on Early Modern Italy</I> presents a broad range of approaches to the study of music and related arts in that era. Topics include musical source studies issues of performance poetry and linguistics influences on music from the classical tradition and the interconnectedness of music and visual art. Their points of departure include well-known musical works such as Monteverdi's madrigals librettos of seventeenth-century operas the poetry of Giambattista Marino and the paintings of Titian and his contemporaries.<BR><BR>About the editors: Rebecca Cypess is assistant professor of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey. Beth L. Glixon is Instructor in Musicology at the University of Kentucky School of Music. Nathan Link is NEH Associate Professor of Music at Centre College.