Claudio Monteverdi;
L'Orfeo;
La Musica;
prologue;
temporal symmetry;
D O I:
10.1093/em/car082
中图分类号:
J6 [音乐];
学科分类号:
摘要:
This article examines the temporal structure of L'Orfeo's prologue. An analysis of the distribution of semibreves per line of text reveals a palindrome, which reinforces long-held perceptions of symmetry in the opera. Adopting the form of strophic variations, Monteverdi carefully shapes musical time for expressive and structural purposes. He is thus able both to enact and to check music's affective power within the context of seconda prattica. More than a conventional prologue, La Musica's exordium stands as an emblem of both L'Orfeo and the anxiety surrounding the nascent dramma per musica.