How Long to Read Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte

How Long Does it Take to Read Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte by Emily Wilbourne

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this book, Emily Wilbourne boldly traces the roots of early opera back to the sounds of the commedia dell’arte. Along the way, she forges a new history of Italian opera, from the court pieces of the early seventeenth century to the public stages of Venice more than fifty years later. Wilbourne considers a series of case studies structured around the most important and widely explored operas of the period: Monteverdi’s lost L’Arianna, as well as his Il Ritorno d’Ulisse and L’incoronazione di Poppea; Mazzochi and Marazzoli’s L’Egisto, ovvero Chi soffre speri; and Cavalli’s L’Ormindo and L’Artemisia. As she demonstrates, the sound-in-performance aspect of commedia dell’arte theater—specifically, the use of dialect and verbal play—produced an audience that was accustomed to listening to sonic content rather than simply the literal meaning of spoken words. This, Wilbourne suggests, shaped the musical vocabularies of early opera and facilitated a musicalization of Italian theater. Highlighting productive ties between the two worlds, from the audiences and venues to the actors and singers, this work brilliantly shows how the sound of commedia performance ultimately underwrote the success of opera as a genre.

How long is Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte?

Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte by Emily Wilbourne is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte aloud.

What Reading Level is Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte?

Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell’Arte is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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