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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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42032 |