Singing Dante: The Literary Origins of Cinquecento Monody - Elena Abramov-van Rijk - Bog

This book takes its departure from an experiment presented by Vincenzo Galilei in the Florentine Camerata in about 1580. This first demonstration of the stile recitativo is known from a single later source, a letter written in 1634 by Pietro dei Bardi. This report has remained a curiosity in the history of music.