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It’s All in the Music: The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux

Doris Monteux
Biographical memoir · 1965 · English
Doris Monteux. It’s All in the Music: The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.

This biography documents the career and artistic profile of Pierre Monteux, placing conducting practice, institutional appointments, repertoire, rehearsals, recordings and professional networks within a chronological life narrative. It is particularly useful for reconstructing how twentieth-century orchestral culture was shaped by individual conductors and by the ensembles, opera houses…

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Pierre Monteux, Maître

John Canarina
Conductor biography · 2003 · English
John Canarina. Pierre Monteux, Maître. Pompton Plains, New Jersey: Amadeus Press, 2003. ISBN 1574670824.

This biography documents the career and artistic profile of Pierre Monteux, placing conducting practice, institutional appointments, repertoire, rehearsals, recordings and professional networks within a chronological life narrative. It is particularly useful for reconstructing how twentieth-century orchestral culture was shaped by individual conductors and by the ensembles, opera houses…

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Monteverdi

Paolo Fabbri
Scholarly biography / composer / cultural history · 1994 · English
Paolo Fabbri. Monteverdi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

This expanded dossier treats Monteverdi as a substantial source on Claudio Monteverdi. It records the bibliographic identity of the volume and situates the narrative within the artist’s chronology, professional network, repertory, institutional environment and reception. Particular attention is paid to the difference between first-person testimony, retrospective recollection and…

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Maestro: A Musical Life of Pierre Monteux

John Canarina
Biography / conductor / performance history · 2003 · English
John Canarina. Maestro: A Musical Life of Pierre Monteux. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 2003.

This expanded dossier treats Maestro: A Musical Life of Pierre Monteux as a substantial source on Pierre Monteux. It records the bibliographic identity of the volume and situates the narrative within the artist’s chronology, professional network, repertory, institutional environment and reception. Particular attention is paid to the difference…

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The Monteverdi Companion

Denis Arnold and Nigel Fortune (eds.)
Collected essays / Monteverdi studies · 1968 · English
Denis Arnold and Nigel Fortune (eds.). The Monteverdi Companion. London: Faber and Faber, 1968.

This dossier identifies The Monteverdi Companion by Denis Arnold and Nigel Fortune (eds.) as a distinct research source for Baroque music. It places the work within scholarship on the composer, repertory and institutions concerned while indexing title and author variants so that the record remains discoverable even when…

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The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi

John Whenham and Richard Wistreich (eds.)
Collected essays / composer studies · 2007 · English
John Whenham and Richard Wistreich (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

This dossier identifies The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi by John Whenham and Richard Wistreich (eds.) as a distinct research source for Baroque music. It places the work within scholarship on the composer, repertory and institutions concerned while indexing title and author variants so that the record remains discoverable…

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Music in the Baroque Era: From Monteverdi to Bach

Manfred F. Bukofzer
Baroque music history / reference · 1947 · English
Manfred F. Bukofzer. Music in the Baroque Era: From Monteverdi to Bach. New York: W. W. Norton, 1947.

This dossier identifies Music in the Baroque Era: From Monteverdi to Bach by Manfred F. Bukofzer as a distinct research source for Baroque music. It places the work within scholarship on the composer, repertory and institutions concerned while indexing title and author variants so that the record remains…

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The Musical Dialogue: Thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach and Mozart

Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conductor essays / interpretation · 1989 · English
Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The Musical Dialogue: Thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach and Mozart. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1989.

This dossier identifies The Musical Dialogue: Thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach and Mozart by Nikolaus Harnoncourt as a major source for the modern understanding of Baroque interpretation and historically informed performance. It is indexed by title, author and subject variants and highlights articulation, tempo, rhetoric, ornamentation, instrumental forces, source…

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Monteverdi and the End of the Renaissance

Gary Tomlinson
Opera / Renaissance-Baroque studies · English
Gary Tomlinson. Monteverdi and the End of the Renaissance.

A curated dossier for Monteverdi and the End of the Renaissance by Gary Tomlinson. The work is included for its direct relevance to opera history, vocal interpretation, repertory, or the biography of major operatic figures. The record is designed to make the book discoverable through both personal names…

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