The Life and Dramatic Music of Stefano Landi with a Transliteration and Orchestration of the Opera Sant' Alessio, Volume 1 |
Contents
The Composer | 23 |
In the Service of the Barberinis | 53 |
Musical Rome in Landis Day | 81 |
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Common terms and phrases
accompaniment Adrasto Agazzari Alessio alternating Argomento aria arietta arioso ballet Barberini Baroque bass clef bass line bassetto basso continuo Bernini Bouchard cadence cadential Canevazzi canzone capo cappella Cardinal Francesco castrato chapel-master Choir choral chord chorus composers composition contains continuo line cues dance dedicated Devil dissonance dominant double bar duple meter earlier eight-voiced employed ensembles Eufemiano example figured bass final fugal Giulio Rospigliosi gravicembali harmonies hemiola Ibid imitations indicates instrumental numbers isometric libretto Lully Martio meas measures melodic minor modulations Monteverdi morte d'Orfeo musician numeri octaves opera orchestra Orfeo overture parlando performed Pope Poppea preceding present Prologue Prunières recitative repeated repetition rhythm ritornello Roman Rome Rospigliosi Saint Alexis saltarello scene score seventh sinfonia singers singing solo soprano Stefano Landi strophe-partita style subdominant sung ternary ternary form terzetto theatre tion tonic triple meter violins vocal voice line