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Definition of Monteverdi
1. Noun. Italian composer (1567-1643).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monteverdi
Literary usage of Monteverdi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of Music by Alfredo Untersteiner (1902)
"CHAPTER X CLAUDIO Monteverdi AND THE VENETIAN AND NEAPOLITAN OPERA THE Florentine
Camerata had given the impulse to a new musical evolution, ..."
2. The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1915)
"... Monteverdi: his life and hit works. IN tracing the genesis of the connection
of music with dramatic action we shall rely upon the delightful and ..."
3. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Monteverdi did not deviate from the classical ideals of Peri, he merely added
... But Monteverdi saw in the orchestra dramatic possibilities which Peri had ..."
4. The Opera, Past and Present: An Historical Sketch by William Foster Apthorp (1901)
"Monteverdi was born at Cremona in May, 1567, and studied under Marc' Antonio
Ingegni- eri, maestro di cappella at the cathedral. From 1590 to 1612 he was in ..."
5. The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students by Waldo Selden Pratt (1907)
"This free style naturally commended itself strongly to popular taste. Claudio
Monteverdi (d. 1643) published comparatively little church music, ..."
6. Alessandro Scarlatti: His Life and Works by Edward Joseph Dent (1905)
"It is very easy to think that it existed already in Peri, Monteverdi, and Cavalli,
... It is not reasonable to suppose that because Monteverdi or Purcell ..."
7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"General attention had not been attracted to this subject, however, until the
appearance of an elaborate article by Monteverdi,7 in the same year. ..."
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