by Dr. Richard Kolb
Origins of Monody c. 1570-1620
For the best textbook account of the origins of monody, see John Walter Hill, Baroque Music, Ch. 2, p. 22-43
Website with extensive information about the 1589 Intermedi
Lecture 1: Intro and examples
Lecture 2: Vocal & Instrumental Music: Michi/Savioni/Violin
Handout 1: Roman Vocal Chamber Music Overview
Handout-Monteverdi life events
Monteverdi Letters Pt. 1-Cremona & Mantua 1567-1608
Monteverdi Letters Pt. 2-Mantua 1604-1611
Monteverdi Letters Pt. 3-1611-1615 Mantua and Venic
Monteverdi Letters Pt. 4-July 1615-January 1620
Monteverdi Letters Pt. 5-January 1620 to Feb. 1626
Lecture 1: Pietro Della Valle
Lecture 2: André Maugars
Lecture: Printing & Notation
Handout 1: Francesca Caccini
Lecture: Vincenzo Giustiniani and the Roman Scene
Handout 2: Vincenzo Giustiniani, Discorso sopra la musica (1628)-Transl. RK
Handout 1-The Lament during the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries
Handouts 2/3-Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna
Handout 1-Versificationuries
Handout 2-Sonetto
Handout 3-Ottava rima-strambotto
Handout 4-Arie per cantar ottave
Handout 5-Canzonetta
Handout 6-Terza rima-Trionfo-Capitolo
Handout 1-Masque 1600 to 1649
Handout 2-Masque vs. opera 1650 to 1700
Handout 3-Italian opera in England, c. 1690-1710
Civil War, Commonwealth, Restoration (lecture)
Handout 1: Composers Pt. 1
Handout 2: Foreign composers
Handout 3: John Blow & Henry Purcell