Extensive commentaries introduce each letter. The fullest edition of Monteverdi's letters yet to appear in any language, makes every known letter available for the first time in English translation.

Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography that navigates the vast scholarly resources on the composer with the most updated compilation since 1989.

"Includes full-length Harmonia Mundi CD"--Cover, p. 1.

This volume will appeal to scholars and researchers in Opera Studies and Music History as well as be of interest to early music performers and all those involved with presenting opera on stage.

Combining a close study of Monteverdi's secular works with recent research on late Renaissance history, Gary Tomlinson places the composer's creative career in its broad cultural context and illuminates the state of Italian music, poetry, ...

"Monteverdi in Venice also contains a discussion of performance practice, shedding light on the odd distortions of the composer's musical habits produced by today's fads and fashions.

"This is the first published collection of Claudio Monteverdi's Madrigal and Song texts in parallel Italian and English versions.

This book--essential reading for all students of Monteverdi and of the early history of opera--will also enhance the enjoyment of opera-goers and record-collectors alike.