Author:
Cusick, Suzanne G.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Descriptionxxxvi, 445 p. : ill., music ; 27 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Note:Final 2 selections on CD are from La liberazione di Ruggiero; all other selections are from Il primo libro; all are by Francesca Caccini.
Note:Figliuola del celebratissimo Giulio Romano -- "To win the girl"; or, Francesca as object of desire -- Power, desire, and women among themselves -- Musica to the Granducato -- Who was this woman? -- Voice lessons : introducing the Primo libro delle musiche -- Being, doing, and allegories of voice -- After Arianna -- La liberazione di Ruggiero amid the politics of regency -- Performance, musical design, and politics in La liberazione di Ruggiero -- Cataclysms of widowhood -- Afterlives.
Note:On CD: Ardo infelice, e palesar non tento, stanza 1 -- Maria, dolce Maria -- Ecco, ch'io verso il sangue -- Lasciatemi qui solo -- O che nuovo stupor, stanza 1 -- Rendi alle mie speranze il verde, e fiori -- Haec dies -- Chi desia di saper che cosa è amore -- Se muove a giurar fede -- Dispiegate -- Ferma, ferma crudele -- Deh, se non hai pietà del mio languire.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-428) and index.
Note : PerformerPerformers on CD: Emily van Evera, soprano ; Eric Milnes, harpsichord ; Andrew Parrott, organ ; Maria Cleary, double harp ; Fredrik Bok, theorbo and baroque guitar ; Erin Headley, lirone and viol ; Adrian Butterfield, baroque violin ; Mélisande Corriveau, viol.
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Location Note : REQUEST CD-ROM AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
