Orpheus in the Academy: Monteverdi's First Opera and the Accademia degli Invaghiti

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Joel Schwindt (Boston Conservatory at Berklee, USA)

Orpheus in the Academy

Monteverdi's First Opera and the Accademia degli Invaghiti

Joel Schwindt (Boston Conservatory at Berklee, USA)

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Routledge
29 January 2024

Performance art; Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600); Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750); Opera; Historiography

Series: Routledge Research in Music

This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the 'first great opera', by exploring the influence of the Mantuan Accademia deglia Invaghiti, the group which hosted the opera’s performance, and to which the libretto author, Alessandro Striggio the Younger, belonged. Arguing that the Invaghiti played a key role in shaping the development of Orfeo, the author explores the philosophical underpinnings of the Invaghiti and Italian academies of the era. Drawing on new primary sources, he shows how the Invaghiti’s ideas about literature, dramaturgy, music, gender, and aesthetics were engaged and contested in the creation and staging of Orfeo. Relevant to researchers of music history, performance, and Renaissance and Baroque Italy, this study sheds new light on Monteverdi’s opera as an intellectual and philosophical work.

By: Joel Schwindt (Boston Conservatory at Berklee USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781032061467
ISBN 10: 1032061464
Series: Routledge Research in Music
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: ""The Invaghiti Orfeo"" Chapter 1: The World of the Italian Academies Chapter 2: The Invaghiti’s Literary Theater Chapter 3: Musical Virtuosity and the Orphic Ideal Chapter 4: Oratory and Noble Virtù Chapter 5: Patriarchal Guidance, Gendered Educational Privilege Chapter 6: The Mystical Architecture of Orfeo Envoi: Orpheus’s Exit from the Academy

Joel Schwindt is Assistant Professor of Core Studies (Music History), Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He holds a PhD in Musicology from Brandeis University.

Reviews for Orpheus in the Academy: Monteverdi's First Opera and the Accademia degli Invaghiti

"""Schwindt‘s fascinating account is a highlight in the vast scholarship on Monteverdi’s Orfeo. The musical analysis is compelling and readers will be drawn to the rich literary and cultural tapestry embedded in this innovative study."" —Susan Lewis, co-author of Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide ""Schwindt‘s fascinating account is a highlight in the vast scholarship on Monteverdi’s Orfeo. The musical analysis is compelling and readers will be drawn to the rich literary and cultural tapestry embedded in this innovative study."" Susan Lewis, co-author of Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide"