Claudio Monteverdi

«Lamento della Ninfa»

Claudio Monteverdi - Ramón Andrés - Acantilado
Publisher name: 
Acantilado
Year of publication: 
2017
Pages: 
144
Book size:
12x18cm
Weight: 140 g
Binding: 
Rustic

The nymphs, daughters of Zeus and Tethys, live «in the first foam of a fountain, in the sparkle of the fountain and in the reflection of the waters when the frond allows some rays of sun to appear. They bathe downstream, leaving trails with their bodies. […] They sing, play instruments, dance. They do not want to be seen and, despite this, the eyes of gods and men, hidden and lurking behind some bushes, crave them. They are loved and only sometimes do they love. Claudio Monteverdi, leafing through Rinuccini's Poesies, noticed the canzonetta which, fortunately, was to become the Lamento della Ninfa: a piece of singular beauty, delicate and unforgettable. Only such a transgressive musician, who aspired to achieve the adaptation of the melody to the emotion in order to make what had been silenced until then audible, could give voice to the tearing of creatures that live between two world...read more

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