Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Montiverdi

Contents

• 1. Orpheus, singer of strambotti;
• 2. Classical theatre, intermedi and frottola music;
• 3. Realistic use of music in comedy;
• 4. Temporal perspective and music;
• 5. 'The wondrous show, alas, of the intermedi!';
• 6. Early opera and aria;
• 7. From Poliziano's Orfeo to the Orphei tragoedia;
• 8. The citta ferrarese;
• 9. Regular comedy and the perspective set;
• 10. 'Visible' intermedi and movable sets.