Monteverdi
[ mon-tuh-vair-dee; Italian mawn-te-ver-dee ]
/ ˌmɒn təˈvɛər di; Italian ˌmɔn tɛˈvɛr di /
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noun
Clau·dio [klou-dyaw], /ˈklaʊ dyɔ/, 1567–1643, Italian composer.
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How to use Monteverdi in a sentence
Composers from Monteverdi to Gluck, to Stravinsky, to Philip Glass, have told it in music.
Monteverdi's scores contained, besides recitative, suggestions of melody.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
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Monteverdi
/ (ˌmɒntɪˈvɛədɪ) /
noun
Claudio (ˈklaʊdɪˌəʊ). ?1567–1643, Italian composer, noted esp for his innovations in opera and for his expressive use of dissonance. His operas include Orfeo (1607) and L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1642) and he also wrote many motets and madrigals
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