Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . rs of Italyfor the best part of a century. Their quickwit, their restless ingenuity, their love ofvariety Avere proverbial. They Avelcomedthe neAv art with open arms. MonteA-erdesdefinite secularization of music had no ter-rors for them. They had loved color inpainting and architecture; they loved it noless in music. Monteverdes strange iicavharmonies, so passionate in their beautycompared to the placid Aoav of sexless spirit-uality in mass and motet, his Avonderful or-chestration Avith its ever-changing combina-tions of instruments, opened fresh A
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . rs of Italyfor the best part of a century. Their quickwit, their restless ingenuity, their love ofvariety Avere proverbial. They Avelcomedthe neAv art with open arms. MonteA-erdesdefinite secularization of music had no ter-rors for them. They had loved color inpainting and architecture; they loved it noless in music. Monteverdes strange iicavharmonies, so passionate in their beautycompared to the placid Aoav of sexless spirit-uality in mass and motet, his Avonderful or-chestration Avith its ever-changing combina-tions of instruments, opened fresh Avorldsof enchantment to their delighted speedily became the home of opera. 26 CLAUDIO MONTEVERDE At first Monteverdes works were given onlyat festivals celebrated by princely houses,but the people had not long to wait. Be-fore the century closed, the city possessed no fewer than eleven theatres devoted to theperformance of opera alone. The continu-ance of Monteverdes influence was assured,for his success soon found him
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