The Florentine Camerata and Its Influence on the Beginnings of Opera

The Florentine Camerata and Its Influence on the Beginnings of Opera

Cedarville University DigitalCommons@Cedarville The Research and Scholarship Symposium The 2021 Symposium The Florentine Camerata and its Influence on the Beginnings of Opera Micaiah Haven Jones Cedarville University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/rs_symposium Jones, Micaiah Haven, "The Florentine Camerata and its Influence on the Beginnings of Opera" (2021). The Research and Scholarship Symposium. 5. https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/rs_symposium/2021/podium_presentations/5 This Podium Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Cedarville, a service of the Centennial Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Research and Scholarship Symposium by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Cedarville. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A New Genre By Mistake: The Florentine Camerata Who Were They? What Did They Do? By Micaiah Jones OPERA: Who came first? • The first known surviving opera is Jacopo Peri’s Euridice. • Jacopo Peri and Ottavio Rinuccini, Dafne • Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo What was the Florentine Camerata? • From Florence, Italy; met to speak about music • Similar to a Renaissance Salon • Giovanni di Bardi • Critical of music of the day– namely, Madrigals • Vincenzo Galilei, Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music • Ancient Greek Drama– Monody Monody: What’s the Big Deal? • Monody: accompanied solo song consisting of a vocal line that is simple and expressive • Girolamo Mei • Letters between Vincenzo Galilei and Girolamo Mei: discussing the issue of monody Moving Forward: What Impact did the Camerata Have? • Opera as a byproduct of a greater desire • Humanistic idea of imitatio– imitation of the ancient Greeks • Giulio Caccini • Jacopo Peri.

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