Songs of ascents : a collaboration of singer, composer and ancient text

Interaction of composer, text and performer is a significant and fertile facet of Western music. From the Troubadour poet-composer through the composer-singer teams of Jacopo Peri and Vittoria Archilei, Mozart and Catarina Cavalieri to the twentieth century's Britten and Pears, singers and c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Raymond Stanley
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/17056