Some Forerunners of Italian OperaHenderson, W. J. (William James)
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Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
Henderson, W. J. (William James)
Opera -- Italy
Caccini, Giulio, 172
"Nuove Musiche," its aim, 221 et seq.
"Calandra," performance of, 96
_Cantori a liuto_, 119, 121 et seq.
Carnival Song (canto carnascialesco), 76, 105, 116
Casella, 119
Castiglione, 61, 114
performance of his "Tirsi," 164
Cavaliere, Emilio del, first recitatives written by, 177
Chant, music of liturgical drama, 11
disappearance from "Sacre Rappresentazioni," 24
Chartreux, Jean le, 40
Chorus, in first secular drama, 89, 116
Comedy, influence on lyric drama, 179 et seq.
Vecchi's theories, 192
Compere, Loyset, 115
Concerts, early, 142
Corteccia, 119
Costumes in early lyric plays, 92
Dance, dramatic, in church ritual, 2, 3
in open-air plays, 16
orchestral music for, 144
executed to concealed chorus, 172
characteristic national, 176
Dante, 58
Della Viola, Alfonso, 170
Della Viola, Gian Pietro, 45
Des Pres, Josquin, 104
Disciplinati di Gesu Cristo, 22
"Divozione," 25 et seq.
Drama, lyric, sources, 4
open-air religious, 13
at Florence, 19
revival in Europe, 54
causes of disappearance, 53
Dramatic dialogue, in madrigal drama, 184
Dramatic element, in early church music, 2
in ceremonials, 4, 5
"Esaltazione della Croce," sacred play, 29
orchestra in, 138
"Euridice," Peri's, 219
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