Chapter 18

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Circle of the Literati in Florence--Galilei and his monody--Peri's "Dafne"--Schütz's setting of the same--Peri's "Eurydice"--rare editions--_Il stilo rappresentativo_--Cavaliere's oratorio "The Soul and the Body"--second period of opera--Monteverde's "_Arianna_"--orchestra of the same--new orchestral effects--scene from "Eurydice"--director of St. Mark's--Legrenzi--Cesti--public theaters--Alessandro Scarlatti--_recitativo stromentato_--Corelli--sonatas for the violin--influence of the violin upon the art of singing--origin of Italian school of singing--artificial sopranos--Porpora; Selections from Monteverde, Cavalli and Scarlatti.