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Music and women of the commedia dell'arte in the late sixteenth century / Anne MacNeil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacNeil, Anne.
- Series:
- Oxford monographs on music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commedia dell'arte--History--16th century.
- Commedia dell'arte.
- Music--Italy--16th century.
- Music.
- Women in the theater.
- History.
- Italy.
- Women in the theater--Italy--History--16th century.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 360 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- MacNeil narrates the story of the most famous commedia dell'arte troupe of the late Renaissance, focusing in particular on the representation of women on stage and on the role of music-making in their craft. She provides a rich context for the study of musical-theatrical performance before the advent of opera and re-defines our perceptions of women, music and theatre in the Renaissance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198166893
- OCLC:
- 50653894
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