Singing Dante: The Literary Origins of Cinquecento Monody
- Author: Abramov-Van Rijk, Elena
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Contents
- Contents: Preface
- Introduction. Part I The Ancient Theory of Poetics as Interpreted in the Cinquecento: Performing poetry in the Cinquecento and the neglect of Dante
- Performing epic poems
- The problem of Dante's Comedy: genre and performance. Part II The Sonic Effects of Italian Verse: 'The sound of words' as a quasi-musical experience
- The 'sound of verse': auditory parameters
- Syllable length in music theory. Part III Galilei's Monody: Vincenzo Galilei's presentation of Dante
- The rhythm of verses and Ugolino's lament as an 'aria'
- Monody after Galilei. Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index.