Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Monteverdi in His World and Ours
• Abbreviations
• Monteverdi: A Chronology
• 1. Reference
• General Reference
• Monteverdi Reference
• Catalogs of Monteverdi's Music
• Monteverdi's Letters, Documents, and Writings
• 2. Collections of Essays and Conference Proceedings
• 3. Studies of Monteverdi's Life and Works
• Specialized Studies
• Studies of Documents and Sources
• Iconography
• 4. Claudio's Brother: Giulio Cesare Monteverdi
• 5. Theory and Aesthetics
• Theoretical Contexts
• Aesthetics and Debates on the seconda pratica
• 6. Canzonetta and Madrigal Books
• Secular Song around 1600
• Monteverdi as Madrigalist
• Monteverdi in Relation to His Contemporaries
• Monteverdi's Poetic Choices
• Madrigali, Libri I-III
• Madrigali, Libro IV-V
• Scherzi musicali (1607)
• Madrigali, Libro VI
• Madrigali, Libro VII
• Scherzi musicali (1632)
• Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, Libro VIII
• Madrigali, Libro IX
• Spiritual Madrigals and Contrafacta
• 7. Dramatic Works
• General Studies of Early Opera
• Venetian Opera and Opera in Venice
• Studies of Monteverdi's Dramatic Works
• L'Orfeo (1607)
• Arianna (1608) and the Lament Tradition
• Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1639-40)
• Le nozze d'Enea (1640-1)
• L'incoronazione di Poppea (1642-3)
• Other Dramatic Works
• Le nozze de Tetide (1616-7)
• Andromeda (1620)
• Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (1624)
• Musical Festivities for Parma (1628)
• Proserpina rapita (1630)
• Ballet Music
• 8. Sacred Music
• Monteverdi's Sacred Music in Context
• Sacred Music for Mantua and the 1610 Vespers
• Later Sacred Works
• 9. Issues of Performance
• General Studies
• Monteverdi: Specialized Studies
• Instruments and Instrumentation
• Ornamentation and Singing Techniques
• 10. Monteverdi's Historical Position and Status
• Reception up to 1900
• The Twentieth Century and Beyond
• Appendices
• Monteverdi's Works
• Guide to Editions of Monteverdi's Complete Works
• Selected Discography
• Index of Monteverdi's Works
• Index of Authors
• Index of Names and Places