Monteverdi's Unruly Women

ISBN-13: 9780521845298 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 246 str.

Bonnie Gordon

Opis

Uses the music of Monteverdi, written between 1600 1640, to illuminate understandings of music, science, culture and the female body.

Recenzje

"Her study provides a context for future studies of women and the portrayal of women in music in the Renaissance and Baroque eras."
--The Opera Journal

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Vocal anatomies: mouths, breath and throats in early modern Italy; 2. Back talk: the power of female song on the stage; 3. Madrigalian desire: the convergence of love and sex in madrigals; 4. Emblazoning Angioletta: musical fantasies and dissection; 5. Angry ladies: changing experiences of sensations; Coda.