
Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Neville Marriner: Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Amarilli, Mia Bella-"See how the sun's clear rays, radiant and lustrous, dance and play on the billows gently surging; while far below them, buried deep and sunless, a hidden tempest is raging; even so, tho'on my face a smile be creeping sweet contentment." If ever a song was written about what is on the face is not necessarily what is in the heart, none better describes this phenomenon than "Amarilli." Caccini's most influential work was a collection of monodies and songs for solo voice and basso continuo, published in 1602, called Le nuove musiche. Although it is often considered the first published collection of monodies, it was actually preceded by the collection by Domenico Melli. In fact, the collection was Caccini's attempt, evidently successful, to situate himself as the inventor and codifier of monody and basso continuo. Although the collection was officially published in 1602, Caccini is careful to maintain the date 1601 in his dedication of the collection to Signor Lorenzo Salviati. This likely explains why the collection is often dated to 1601. Moreover, he explicitly positions himself as the inventor of the style when describing it in the introduction. He writes, "Having thus seen, as I say, that such music and musicians offered no pleasure beyond that which pleasant sounds could give -- solely to the sense of hearing, since they could not move the mind without the words being <b>...</b>
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