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
"machine representing hell was fixed upon the boats, and that the
subject of the drama was the perennially popular tale of 'Dives and
Lazarus'."
_original punctuation:_
"machine representing hell ... tale of "Dives and Lazarus."
scholars and dilettanti
_text reads "dilletanti"_
and believed that in the pastoral kingdom
_text reads "belived"_
Lorenzo passed away and Poliziano wrote
_text reads "Poliliziano"_
Buccolics appeared to them
_spelling unchanged_
there were two obligato instruments
_spelling unchanged_
The teachings and practice of the Netherlands masters
_text reads "Nethererlands"_
its plebian parent
_spelling unchanged_
the frottola was in the lusty vigor of its maturity
_text reads "frottole" (plural)_
Dioneo teases the women
_text reads "Dineo"_
The large lyre, called _lirone perfetto_
_text reads "lironi" (plural)_
small instruments of the bowed varieties
_text reads "varities"_
arranging frottola melodies
_text reads "aranging"_
racial and temperamental differences between
_text reads "betwen"_
the untimely death of my Euridice
_text reads "unitmely"_
"Before the music begins .... instrumentalists and reciters"
_text has close quote after first and third paragraph-- but not
second-- of inset quotation_
the four voices unite / in singing
_text reads "unit"_
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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