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It is rare for a composer before the later eighteenth century to leave behind any substantial evidence of his life and character.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
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selva morale, harmonia propria, organ with wooden pipes, translation supra, ensemble madrigals, madrigali guerrieri, prima prattica, seconda prattica, solo madrigals, counterpoint treatise, strophic variation, double harp, stile concitato, ioo ducats, stile antico, ornamental passages, continuo instruments
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The Man, The Letters, The Operatic Composer, The Musical Environment, Claudio Monteverdi, The Artusi-Monteverdi Controversy, Giulio Cesare, Signor Marigliani, Denis Arnold, Signor Giulio Strozzi, Monteverdi's First Opera, Adriana Basile, Giaches de Wert, Source Readings, Oliver Strunk, Duke of Mantua, Signora Adriana, Music History, Father Inquisitor, Signorina Margherita, Wolfgang Osthoff, Nigel Fortune, Our Lord, Giovanni Battista Doni, Cruda Amarilli
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