Women Musicians of Venice
Subtitle: Musical Foundations, 1525-1855 (Oxford Monographs on Music)
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 29, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780198166047
Subjects: Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750); Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600); Women's studies; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Women's Studies - General; Modern Music; Women And Music; Performing Arts; Music; Italy; General; History & Criticism - General; Music / History & Criticism
First sentence: THE original genius displayed by the Venetians for adapting nature to found their city pre-echoes their adaptation of ideas borrowed from others, and, indeed, of human nature itself, in order to lay the foundations of the cori.