How Long to Read Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy

How Long Does it Take to Read Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 22 minutes to read Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy by Virginia Cox

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Description

Leonora Bernardi (1559-1616), a gentlewoman of Lucca, was a highly regarded poet, dramatist and singer. She was active in the brilliant courts of Ferrara and Florence at a time when creative women enjoyed exceptional visibility in Italy. Like many such figures, she has since suffered historical neglect. Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy presents the first ever study of Bernardi’s life, and modern edition of her recently discovered literary corpus, which mostly exists in manuscript. Her writings appear in the original Italian with new English translations, scholarly notes, critical essays and contributions by Eric Nicholson, Eugenio Refini and Davide Daolmi. Based on new archival research, the substantial opening section reconstructs Bernardi’s unusually colourful life. Bernardi’s works reveal her connections with some of the most pioneering poets, dramatists and musicians of the day, including her mentor Angelo Grillo and the first opera librettist Ottavio Rinuccini. The second major section presents her pastoral tragicomedy Clorilli, one of the earliest secular dramatic works by a woman. It was apparently performed in the early 1590s at a Medici villa near Florence, before Grandduke Ferdinando I de’ Medici, and his consort Christine of Lorraine, but now exists in an enigmatic Venetian manuscript. The third section presents Bernardi’s secular and religious verse, which engaged with new trends in lyric and poetry for music, and was set by various key composers across Italy.

How long is Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy?

Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy by Virginia Cox is 554 pages long, and a total of 140,716 words.

This makes it 187% the length of the average book. It also has 172% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 48 minutes to read Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy aloud.

What Reading Level is Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy?

Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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