Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe;
Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe;
J C L Simonde De Jean Charles Lonard Simonde Sismondi
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Peri, Giacopo Corsi, and Caccini. Together they produced a mythological drama, in which they meant to dis- play the united excellencies of the fine arts in the most splendid dress. Rinuccini appeared to be less ambitious of the reputation of a poet, than of setting off his associates to the greatest advan- tage. He neglected nothing which might give at- traction to the decorations and machinery, and surprise or captivate the senses of the audience. Men of letters had, at least, preserved the me...mory of the musical declamation of the Greeks, and Peri or Caccini imagined he had discovered that this consisted in the recitative, which he blended so intimately with the u 2 Digitized by Google 292 ox THE LITFJlATUmE poetry, that there was iiothiii|^ fiuther to be Bierely spoken, dirooglioot the whole of the opeta. Thus poetry, written only with a Tiew to being song, Tery soon assumed a different character ; and the derelopon^it of scenes, already too extrad- ed, was no longer admissible. The poet*s object was to |Ht>duce effisct, and to this he readilT sa- crificed the conduct of die piece, listening or retarding the coarse of erents as he thought best adapted to musical exhibition, rather than to the natural expression of the passions.
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