Word: ritornelli
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...Mantua named Claudio Monteverde produced one of the first real operas. This work, "L'Orfeo", was revolutionary in character for it employed a wide varsity of musical forms as well as utilising what was then an unusually large orchestra. From this opera, two orchestral interludes titled Sinfonie and Ritornelli are to be played by the Symphony, providing an excellent seventeenth century balance for the rest of the program...
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