TY - BOOK ID - 77863910 TI - Francesca Caccini : the secular songs from il libro primo delle musiche, 1618 AU - Alexander, Ronald James. AU - Savino, Richard. PY - 2004 SN - 1282072161 9786612072161 0253110092 9780253110091 0253211395 9781282072169 6612072164 PB - Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Solo cantatas, Secular. KW - Vocal duets with continuo. KW - Songs with continuo. KW - Cantatas, Secular KW - Songs KW - Songs, Italian. KW - Caccini, Francesca, KW - Italian songs KW - Caccini, Françoise, KW - Cecchina, KW - La Cecchina, KW - Malaspina, Francesca Signorini-, KW - Raffaelli, Francesca, KW - Signorini, Francesca, KW - Signorini-Malaspina, Francesca, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77863910 AB - Francesca Caccini (1587--ca.1640) was an accomplished composer, singer, and instrumentalist in the tradition of the Florentine Camerata. Her 1618 volume Il primo libro delle musiche was dedicated to her patron the Cardinal de' Medici (1596--1666).This modern critical edition presents 17 secular monodies for one and two voices with figured bass accompaniment from this landmark collection. The book includes text translations, biographical and stylistic essays, recommendations on performance practi ER -