Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography that navigates the vast scholarly resources on the composer with the most updated compilation since 1989. The guide will serve both as a foundational starting point and as a gateway for future inquiry in such fields as court culture, opera, pa

Preface AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Monteverdi in His World and OursAbbreviationsMonteverdi: A Chronology 1. ReferenceGeneral ReferenceMonteverdi Reference Catalogs of Monteverdi’s Music Monteverdi’s Letters, Documents, and Writings 2. Collections of Essays and Conference Proceedings 3. Studies of Monteverdi’s Life and WorksSpecialized StudiesStudies of Documents and SourcesIconography4. Claudio’s Brother: Giulio Cesare Monteverdi5. Theory and Aesthetics Theoretical ContextsAesthetics and Debates on the seconda pratica6. Canzonetta and Madrigal BooksSecular Song around 1600Monteverdi as MadrigalistMonteverdi in Relation to His ContemporariesMonteverdi’s Poetic Choices Madrigali, Libri I–III Madrigali, Libro IV–V Scherzi musicali (1607)Madrigali, Libro VI Madrigali, Libro VII Scherzi musicali (1632)Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, Libro VIII Madrigali, Libro IX Spiritual Madrigals and Contrafacta7. Dramatic WorksGeneral Studies of Early OperaVenetian Opera and Opera in VeniceStudies of Monteverdi’s Dramatic Works L’Orfeo (1607)Arianna (1608) and the Lament TraditionIl ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (1639–40)Le nozze d’Enea (1640–1)