num_pages: 952
description: This book uncovers the connections between the invisible network of political and economic dependents among Italy's church and state elite and the formation of the Baroque musical style in Rome. The author rediscovers music for Battista Guarini's last stage work and the first Roman opera, and offers a new explanation for the rise of the Italian chamber cantata.
language: English
title: Roman Monody, Cantata, and Opera from the Circles around Cardinal Montalto: 2 Volume Set: Volume 1, Text; Volume 2, Music
titlecomplete: Roman Monody, Cantata, and Opera from the Circles around Cardinal Montalto: 2 Volume Set: Volume 1, Text; Volume 2, Music (Oxford Monographs on Music)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Clarendon Press