Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Part I Text and Music: Monteverdi's poetic choices, Nino Pirrotta; Madrigal, monody, and Monteverdi's 'via naturale alla immitatione', Gary Tomlinson; Monteverdi's mimetic art: 'L'incoronazione di Poppea', Ellen Rosand; Resemblance and representation: towards a new aesthetic in the music of Monteverdi, Tim Carter. Part II Theory and Genre: Artusi, Monteverdi, and the poetics of modern music, Tim Carter; Gendering modern music: thoughts on the Monteverdi-Artusi controversy, Suzanne G. Cusick; Claudio Monteverdi's Ordine novo, bello et gustevole: the canzonetta as dramatic module and formal archetype, Massimo Ossi; Monteverdi's three genera: a study in terminology, Barbara Russano Hanning. Part III Criticism, Analysis and History: Constructions of gender in Monteverdi's dramatic music, Susan McClary; The Platonic agenda of Monteverdi’s Seconda Pratica: a case study from the 8th Book of Madrigals, Geoffrey Chew; Monteverdi, two sonnets and a letter, Anthony Pryer; Tacitus incognito: opera as history in L'incoronazione di Poppea, Wendy Heller. Part IV Institutional, Source and Performance Issues: Musicians at the court of Mantua during Monteverdi's time: evidence from the payrolls, Susan Parisi; Monteverdi's Mantuan 'Orfeo': some new documentation, Iain Fenlon; Transposition in Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610: an 'aberration' defended, Andrew Parrott; La Poppea Impasticciata or, who wrote the music to L'incoronazione (1643)?, Alan Curtis; Monteverdi's 'Mass of Thanksgiving' revisited, Jeffrey G. Kurtzman; Name index.

About the Author

Richard Wistreich, Director of Research, Royal College of Music, London, UK Nino Pirrotta, Gary Tomlinson, Ellen Rosand, Tim Carter, Suzanne G. Cusick, Massimo Ossi, Barbara Russano Hanning, Susan McClary, Geoffrey Chew, Anthony Pryer, Wendy Helle, Susan Parisi, Iain Fenlon, Andrew Parrott, Alan Curtis, Jeffrey G. Kurtzman.