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A Muse of Music in Early Baroque Florence the Poetry of Michelangelo Buonarroti Il Giovane JANIE ColE A MUSE OF MUSIC IN EaRLY BAROQUE FLORENCE THE POETRY of MicHELANGElo BUONARRoti il GioVANE Michelangelo Buonarroti il Gio- Michelangelo Buonarroti il vane (1568-1647), great nephew of Giovane (1568-1647), grande the illustrious artist, was an influen- nipote dell’illustre artista, fu in- tial protagonist in the literary and mu- fluente protagonista dei circoli sical circles of late sixteenth- and early letterari e musicali dell’Italia cin- seventeenth-century Italy, producing que-secentesca, grazie anche alla numerous theatrical spectacles for the produzione di numerosi spettacoli Medici court, such as Il giudizio di teatrali per la corte Medici, come Paride, La Tancia and La fiera. He Il giudizio di Paride, La Tancia e La also left a substantial collection of un- fiera. Buonarroti lasciò inoltre una published poetry unexplored by mod- cospicua e inedita raccolta poetica ern scholars, consisting of occasional ignorata dai moderni studiosi e and panegyric poetry addressed to composta da panegirici rivolti a famous historical figures, lyric poetry famose figure storiche, poesia lirica and poesia per musica. Placing the collection in the e poesia per musica. Questo studio situa la raccolta wider tradition of Seicento Italian poetry and literary nel contesto della poesia del Seicento italiano e criticism, this study also explores its relation to con- della relativa tradizione critica ed esplora il suo temporary musical developments at a time of crucial rapporto con gli sviluppi musicali del tempo, se- historical evolution from polyphony to accompanied gnato dalla cruciale evoluzione storica da polifonia monody and the rise of early opera. With new attri- a monodia accompagnata e dalla nascita dell’ope- butions in contemporary musical sources, Buonarroti ra. Grazie a nuove attribuzioni in fonti musicali is revealed as one of the leading Florentine poets pro- contemporanee, Buonarroti si rivela uno dei ducing verses for the early monodists and exponents principali autori di testi per i primi esponenti del of the new style of music in Italy (including Giulio nuovo stile monodico in Italia (tra i quali Giulio Caccini, Jacopo Peri, Francesca Caccini, Marco da Caccini, Jacopo Peri, Francesca Caccini, Marco da Gagliano and Girolamo Frescobaldi), offering as Gagliano e Girolamo Frescobaldi). Il volume offre well indications about literary and musical circula- inoltre indicazioni su circolazione letteraria e mu- tion, poetic structures and their musical relations sicale, strutture poetiche e loro relazioni musicali and critical aspects of musical style, thus providing e aspetti critici dello stile musicale, contribuendo broader insights into the interrelationship of music così a una più ampia comprensione della relazione and poetry and the problematic notion of genre in po- tra musica e poesia e del problematico concetto del esia per musica during the early seventeenth century. genere «poesia per musica» nel primo Seicento. Fondazione Carlo Marchi. Quaderni, vol. 33 2007, cm 17 ¥ 24, xiv-392 pp. con 6 tavv. f.t. a colori. [isbn 978 88 222 5704 8] Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki Casella postale 66 • 50123 Firenze P.O. Box 66 • 50123 Firenze Italy e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] [email protected] • internet: www.olschki.it Tel. (+39) 055.65.30.684 Fax (+39) 055.65.30.214 .
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