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CACCINI,
Giulio, c.1550-1618
Caccini.
L’Euridice, composta in musica in stile rappresentativo. Firenze
1600
Archivum
Musicum: Musica Drammatica, 5. Florence, 2000. 24 x 34 cm, x, 96 pp.
Line-cut of the Florence, 1600 edition. Together with a reproduction of
the entire libretto, published in the same year. Well known is
Caccini's jealousy of the younger Peri working on the same subject;
although Caccini succeeded in being the first to publish his opera
(beating Peri by just one month and revelling in the fact that he could
proclaim himself sole inventor of the new monodic style of siinging),
ironically the opera wasn't performed until 2 years later.
Introduction in It by Piero Mioli. Wrappers in decorative paper. $49
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Both Caccini and Peri versions of L'Euridice use the same text by
Ottavio Rinuccini, but the melodic and vocal writing are remarkably
different; in the case of Caccini the power of his dramatic effects
stands out.
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