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The Slopes of Parnassus
work by Vecchi
Also known as: “L’Amfiparnaso”
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- In Orazio Vecchi
…best known for his madrigal-comedy L’Amfiparnaso and other entertainment music.
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madrigal comedy
- In madrigal comedy
…staged; in his L’Amfiparnaso (The Slopes of Parnassus, first performed 1594), Orazio Vecchi states that the scenes should reach the mind through the ear rather than the eye. The cycles were light, humorous works, often depicting animated, commonplace scenes, as in Alessandro Striggio’s Il cicalamento delle donne al bucato…
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