Declamation in seventeenth-century English opera, or the nature of "recitative musick"

During the English Reformation, composers attempted to create a uniquely English take on opera, one rooted in dramatic elements and conventions tied to the English court masque of the earlier part of the century. One component essential to opera, recitative, was understood then and now to be an Ital...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henderlight, Justin
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42032