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Explore the complex life and music of Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, through this scholarly study from Oxford University Press. This Clarendon Paperback examines the connection between the composer's personal history and his musical output. Gesualdo is known for his powerful and complex madrigals, as well as the famous incident involving the murder of his wife and her lover. Watkins provides an extended study of Gesualdo's life and his role in late Renaissance music. The text offers a detailed analysis of his remarkable madrigals and his limited works in other musical genres. This book is a significant resource for those studying the mannerist tendencies of the Renaissance period and the extreme musical expressions of Gesualdo's career.

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This Clarendon Paperback provides an extended study of the life and musical works of Carlo Gesualdo.

The text includes a detailed analysis of the remarkable madrigals composed by the Prince of Venosa.

Oxford University Press presents a scholarly look at the relationship between Gesualdo's life and his music.

Readers can examine the mannerist tendencies of late Renaissance music through Gesualdo's extreme compositions.

The book covers Gesualdo's madrigals as well as his few works in other musical genres.

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Release Date
05 December 1991
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06 February 2007

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